title: Expert leadership of eating disorder services in South Australia.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The objective of this study was to describe the history of South Australian Government eating disorder service from the perspective of changing leadership, health policies and politics.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The history reveals a foundation of early expert academic clinical leadership changing into a centralised managerial bureaucracy correlating with a diminution of services. A threat to the survival of the service led to a solution involving reinvigoration of expert clinical and academic leadership. Expert leadership was shown to be an important part of an eating disorder service.
authors.affiliation: Senior Lecturer, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia randall.long@health.sa.gov.au.
authors.forename: Randall
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Long
authors.affiliation: Associate Professor, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Allison
mesh_terms: D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000266:history* / Q000628:therapy; D006270:Health Facility Administrators / Q000266:history* / Q000458:organization & administration; D006291:Health Policy; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000266:history* / Q000458:organization & administration; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D010820:Physicians / Q000266:history* / Q000458:organization & administration; D011057:Politics; D011361:Professional Competence; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000266:history* / Q000458:organization & administration; D013021:South Australia; D013222:State Medicine / Q000266:history* / Q000458:organization & administration
keywords: Australia; Head of Unit; Intermediate Care Centre; budget management; eating disorder care; eating disorder service; eating disorders; health policy; health services; history; leadership; management; model of care; political influence; program development