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ArticleThe Permanente journal2013

Leadership in surgery for public sector hospitals in Jamaica: strategies for the operating room.

Shamir O Cawich, Hyacinth E Harding, Ivor W Crandon, Clarence D McGaw, Alan T Barnett, Ingrid Tennant, Necia R Evans, Allie C Martin, Lindberg K Simpson, Peter Johnson

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Article in The Permanente journal, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Shamir O CawichLecturer in Surgery at the University of the West Indies in Kingston, Jamaica. E-mail: socawich@hotmail.com.
Hyacinth E Harding
Ivor W Crandon
Clarence D McGaw
Alan T Barnett
Ingrid Tennant
Necia R Evans
Allie C Martin
Lindberg K Simpson
Peter Johnson

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The barriers to health care delivery in developing nations are many: underfunding, limited support services, scarce resources, suboptimal health care worker attitudes, and deficient health care policies are some of the challenges. The literature contains little information about health care leadership in developing nations. This discursive paper examines the impact of leadership on the delivery of operating room (OR) services in public sector hospitals in Jamaica.Delivery of OR services in Jamaica is hindered by many unique cultural, financial, political, and environmental barriers. We identify six leadership goals adapted to this environment to achieve change. Effective leadership must adapt to the environment. Delivery of OR services in Jamaica may be improved by addressing leadership training, workplace safety, interpersonal communication, and work environment and by revising existing policies. Additionally, there should be regular practice audits and quality control surveys.

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Delivery of Health CareDeveloping CountriesHealth ResourcesHospitals, PublicLeadershipOperating RoomsPublic SectorGeneral SurgeryGoalsHumansJamaica

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PMID24355903
PMCPMC3783069

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