Scientific study of order and chaos suggests alternatives to both of the following conceptualizations: organizational boundaries as barriers and the boundaryless organization. Explores a path metaphor for boundaries and considers the path metaphor′s implications for leadership style and change...

Initiatives to reduce racial and ethnic disparities are conceptualized as a three-legged stool. Public policy: to ensure a legal and regulatory environment designed to eliminate disparities in access and health status; clinical practice: to ensure patient satisfaction and loyalty and improve...

This paper examines the implications of racial diversity for the self-perceived communication effectiveness of nursing care teams. An RN leads the nursing care team (NCT) and delivers care in collaboration with two or more nonlicensed caregivers. Overlap is intentionally designed into the roles...

Intro -- Diversity and Cultural Competence in Health Care: A Systems Approach -- Copyright -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Who Should Read this Book? -- How this Book is Organized -- Challenges to the Students -- Acknowledgments -- The Authors...