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Alternative Professional Roles in Health Care Delivery: Leadership Patterns in Self-Help Groups

dc.contributor.authorYoak, Margareten_US
dc.contributor.authorChesler, Mark A.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-04-13T18:42:28Z
dc.date.available2010-04-13T18:42:28Z
dc.date.issued1985en_US
dc.identifier.citationYoak, Margaret; Chesler, Mark (1985). "Alternative Professional Roles in Health Care Delivery: Leadership Patterns in Self-Help Groups." The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science 4(21): 427-444. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/66640>en_US
dc.identifier.issn0021-8863en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/66640
dc.description.abstractThe increasing professionalization of health care delivery systems, improved client awareness, funding cutbacks, and an emphasis on voluntarism have led recipients of health services to turn increasingly to self-help groups. This article examines the leadership and organizational pattern of such groups, using a study of 43 self-help groups from around the U.S. whose members are parents of children with cancer. Three leadership patterns emerged: groups were independent and parent-led, were led by professionals, or had a shared leadership of parents and professionals. Data indicate that the professionally led groups were the smallest, leastformal, and had the narrowest range of activities. The groups with shared leadership had the greatest longevity, tended most often to retain as members parents of deceased children. The authors conclude that such coalitions of clients and professionals are vital for ensuring proper service delivery at a time when health care systems will likely remain bureaucratic and public resources for professional care are being reduced.en_US
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dc.publisherSage Publications, Thousand Oaks, CAen_US
dc.titleAlternative Professional Roles in Health Care Delivery: Leadership Patterns in Self-Help Groupsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelManagementen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelPsychologyen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelEconomicsen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelBusinessen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelSocial Sciencesen_US
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Revieweden_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumUniversity of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109.en_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherSt. Louis County Department of Community Health and Medical Care, 801 S. Brentwood Blvd., Clayton, Missouri 63105.en_US
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dc.identifier.doi10.1177/002188638502100407en_US
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