Reducing clinician/administration conflict in the CMHC.
This article explores the nature of the conflict between clinicians and administrators that is a hallmark of many CMHCs. It applies Scott's 1966 analysis of bureaucratic/professional conflict to the CMHC format, discussing how the idiosyncracies of that environment influence this problem. The article illustrates how certain participative management techniques can help to mitigate that conflict.
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