Abstract
Objectives: The objective of this study was to describe the history of South Australian Government eating disorder service from the perspective of changing leadership, health policies and politics. Conclusions: The history reveals a foundation of early expert academic clinical leadership changing into a centralised managerial bureaucracy correlating with a diminution of services. A threat to the survival of the service led to a solution involving reinvigoration of expert clinical and academic leadership. Expert leadership was shown to be an important part of an eating disorder service.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 243-245 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Australasian Psychiatry |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Jun 2016 |
Keywords
- Australia
- Budget management
- Eating disorder care
- Eating disorder service
- Eating disorders
- Head of Unit
- Health policy
- Health services
- History
- Intermediate Care Centre
- Leadership
- Management
- Model of care
- Political influence
- Program development
