Culture and climate in health care organizations / edited by Jeffrey Braithwaite, Paula Hyde, and Catherine Pope.

"Health care settings – from hospitals to general practice, doctor’s offices to medical and surgical wards – are interesting and exciting places to visit and work. A compilation of recent international research, this book explores the concepts of culture and climate in a variety of health care settings with chapters from some of the best researchers and thinkers in the world. It covers topics such as organizational change, attitudes of clinical professions, how teams work and where conflicts occurs. The research reported here provides insights into decision-making in Australian health care, bullying cultures in Ireland, networks in the English National Health Service and innovation in primary health care in Canada. A must-read for researchers, academics, clinicians, managers, policy-makers and patients interested in understanding how modern health systems operate. You will find information inside discussing when health systems work well, and when they don’t – including the circumstances in which they are under stress and strain."--Provided by publisher.