Management principles for health professionals / Joan Gratto Liebler, Charles R. McConnell.

includes bibliographic reference and index

"The general focus of the new edition will remain essentially the same as that of the previous edition. Management Principles for Health Professionals will continue to present foundational principles of management in the context of contemporary health care. The target audience remains unchanged: the individual new to management, either as a student or as a seasoned healthcare provider, who assumes a management role. The eighth edition will reflect contemporary issues and the state of the healthcare management environment by linking the topics of relevance with basic management principles. Current examples used to illustrate these principles with include: the state of healthcare "reform"; the continued proliferation of high-tech applications; the continued expansion of electronic record keeping; issues relating to social media in the workplace; and other dimensions of the changing healthcare environment"--