''Management for Nurses and Health Professionals'' examines management theory and its applications in healthcare, with an emphasis on relating theory to the organisation of patient care and effective management in everyday practice. This essential guide to health care management explores clinical governance, middle management, interprofessional working and clinical leadership as well as examining the organizational culture of the NHS, change management and management roles. It demonstrates how management theory has influenced health care and encourages the reader to become actively involved in shaping management and health care development. It is an essential guide for students and qualified staff. It examines key concepts and theories. It explores evidence based practice and relates theory to practice.