title: Leadership and the emergency department.
abstract: Emergency medicine, as the nation's health care system's safety net, is facing ever increasing demands on its resources and infrastructure. Classic and modern theories of leadership, which include broader based models that in corporate team responsibilities, should be studied by anyone wearing the mantle of leadership in emergency medicine, and the Realpolitik of the modern hospital must be accommodated if leadership efforts are to succeed.
authors.affiliation: Emergency Department, University of Washington, Seattle, 98195-6123, USA. gar_lasalle@teamhealth.com
authors.forename: Gar
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: LaSalle
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D004635:Emergency Medicine / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D020380:Needs Assessment; D015279:Organizational Culture; D010551:Personality; D010686:Philosophy, Medical; D008486:Physician Executives / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000523:psychology; D010819:Physician's Role; D011209:Power, Psychological; D011361:Professional Competence / Q000592:standards; D011582:Psychological Theory