Practical Politics: Take-Home Lessons in Organizational Dynamics

Editors: Frederick M. Gale, MD, and Norbert I. Goldfield, MD

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Practical Politics: Take-Home Lessons in Organizational Dynamics

Practical politics is what we succeed and fail at every day. The project on which this book is based was a systematic study of what accounts for those successes and failures. With the publishing of this book, two of the project's questions are answered: There is such a thing as practical politics, and it consists of specific, identifiable elements. The editors have collected a series of stories and conducted interviews with acknowledged health care leaders that illustrate the value of engaging in the political process-nationally and at the local level.

86 Pages © 2000

Table of Contents

Introduction

• Politics: A Loaded Word
• Why This Book?
• What We Found
• An Invitation to Practical Politics
• How This Book Is Organized
• Credibility Elements
• Practicality Elements

Section One
Case Studies: The Elements of Practical Politics in Action

Section Two
Personal Profiles: Experiences and Reflections

• C. Everett Koop, MD
• Philip Lee
• Otis Bowen, MD
• Mark Holt, MD
• Ronald Goodspeed, MD