Journal of Management in Medicine: Volume 13 Issue 3

Patients, Power and Politics. From Patients to Citizens

Gerald Vinten

Moral Problems in Medicine: : A Practical Coursebook

Hugh Lee

Factors affecting the level of success of community information systems

C.R. Coombs, N.F. Doherty, J. Loan‐Clarke

The factors that influence the ultimate level of success or failure of systems development projects have received considerable attention in the academic literature. However…

Management and relationships in total purchasing pilots: Relevance for primary care groups

Brenda Leese, Ann Mahon

Primary Care Groups (PCGs) represent a natural evolution of the various models – total purchasing, multifunds and locality commissioning – embraced by the term “primary care…

Perceptions of the General Medical Council: the views of executive directors

Elizabeth A. Scott

The regulation of the medical profession has recently been the subject of considerable debate. This paper describes a survey of the views of Trust medical directors and health…

Focus of doctor‐patient communication in follow‐up consultations for patients treated surgically for colorectal cancer

Judith McCool, Jenny Morris

A series of consultations between patients treated surgically for colorectal cancer and their hospital consultants were examined to establish the main focus of the consultation at…

Knowledge and attitudes of Malaysian private medical practitioners toward guidelines‐based medicine

Paul C.S. Lian, Gordon Marnoch

This paper describes a study of the knowledge and attitudes of a sample of private medical practitioners in Malaysia in relation to questions posed on guidelines‐based medicine…

Making bureaucracy work

Michael Ballé

What gives bureaucracy such a bad name? Is it bureaucracy in itself, or the ghosts in the system who, in a million minor drifts, contribute to turning efficiency into red‐tape…