title: Is shared governance still relevant?
abstract: Is shared governance still relevant in this era of significant changes in healthcare? Requisites to support nurses and others are more important now than ever before. Shared decision-making is not only relevant, it is essential. The road to empowerment is not easy. Many patterns of organization and relationship must be changed forever through commitment and leadership today.
authors.affiliation: Tim Porter-O'Grady Associates, 529 Crystal Creek Road, Otto, NC 28763, USA. drtpog@aol.com
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authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Porter-O'Grady
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D012956:Societies, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States