Great expectations: challenges for women as mental health administrators
| Autor: | Susan D. Scheidt |
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| Rok vydání: | 1994 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Health (social science) Leadership and Management media_common.quotation_subject Psychiatric Department Hospital Hospital Administrators Health informatics Nursing medicine Humans Hospitals Teaching Competence (human resources) media_common Stereotyping Poverty business.industry Hospitals Public Health Policy Public health Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Planning Techniques Professional-Patient Relations Mental illness medicine.disease Mental health Femininity Psychiatry and Mental health Health psychology Leadership Female San Francisco business Psychology Women Working |
| Zdroj: | Journal of mental health administration. 21(4) |
| ISSN: | 0092-8623 |
| Popis: | Although women have made many strides in the area of leadership, stereotypes still exist that limit their power. Traditional concepts of femininity have not typically been associated with strength and competence. This article describes an inpatient unit at San Francisco General Hospital, University of California, San Francisco, which is led by a group of women. The unit houses a women-focused treatment team specializing in treating women who have serious mental illness with histories of severe trauma, including poverty and violence. The article describes the challenges and rewards available to women leaders in this type of setting. Four areas of women’s leadership are explored: the stereotypes women have about each other as leaders, the expectations and biases of staff and trainees, the projections of patients onto women leaders, and women’s leadership in relation to department administration. Strategies for addressing biases in these areas and developing women’s leadership conclude the article. |
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