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Integrating the Organization of Health Services, Worker Wellbeing and Quality of Care

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Effective leadership of healthcare professionals is critical for creating supportive work environments but also for strengthening quality of care. Based on current evidence, the aim of this chapter is to synthesize how different approaches to leadership are associated with healthy and unhealthy employee and patient outcomes. Further the chapter points to promising Healthy Healthcare approaches and discusses potential strengths and weaknesses. The increasing research interest in the links between leadership and quality of care is also outlined.

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Furunes, T. (2020). Leadership in Healthcare. In: Tevik Løvseth, L., de Lange, A.H. (eds) Integrating the Organization of Health Services, Worker Wellbeing and Quality of Care. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-59467-1_6

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