title: Towards reconciliation of several dualities in physician leadership.
abstract: Leadership has a renewed focus in healthcare, and physicians are being increasingly involved in a range of leadership roles. The aim of this paper is to discuss several dualities that exert tensions at the systems and individual levels. Although oppositional, the common dualities of physician leadership are not mutually exclusive but represent a complex, dynamic and interdependent relationship, often coexisting with each other and exerting tensions in multiple dimensions. The authors contend that a dialectic understanding--instead of either/or or finding a middle ground--of the opposite poles of these dualities allows for generating meaningful leadership perspectives and choices.
authors.affiliation: Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, and Associate Dean, Postgraduate Medical Education, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK.
authors.forename: Anurag
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Saxena
authors.affiliation: Professor, Department of Educational Administration, College of Education University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK.
authors.forename: Keith
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Walker
authors.affiliation: CEO, The Levinson Institute, Jaffrey, NH, USA.
authors.forename: Gerry
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kraines
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D010819:Physician's Role