TY - BOOK AU - Longest, Beaufort B TI - Management practices for the health professional PY - 1984/// CY - VirginiaUS PB - Reston Publishing Company N2 - Focuses on application of management principles to situations unique to hospitals, clinics, laboratories and other health-care organizations. Vignettes precede each chapter illustrating the nature of the management problems toward which the information in each chapter is directed. Topics discussed include dynamics of the health care system; organizations in health care system; impact of successful planning; decision-making tools; organization theory; keys to successful directing; motivation and leadership; controlling costs; and bringing about organizational change ER -