Administrators: masters or servants?
OBJECTIVE
To question the role of medical administrators of mental health services.


CONCLUSIONS
The primary allegiance of medical administrators should be to patients and the clinicians who care for them, not to politicians and those who hold the purse strings.
Shea
Peter
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Kestrel Unit, Morisset Hospital, Morisset, NSW, Australia.
D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001315:Australia; D006270:Health Facility Administrators; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D007857:Leadership; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008486:Physician Executives; D010819:Physician's Role / Q000523:psychology; D011057:Politics; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000639:trends*; D012944:Social Support