'The authors have captured in this book a fully comprehensive set of tools that anyone working in a leadership role should not be without. This publication will become a textbook that managers will treasure and return to over and over again' - Philip A P Begg, Associate Dean for Primary Care, University of Wolverhampton. Leadership in Health Care is an authoritative and timely book that addresses the need for leading skilled and evidence based care within the context of a performance measured health service. The book covers a range of issues that health care professionals will face, addressing leadership from individual, team and organisational frameworks. Other features of this accessible book include: chapters on communication, problem solving, dealing with conflict and unhealthy behaviours, notions of quality; an examination of diversity and individual values, and their affect on the nature of leadership; learning outcomes and chapter introductions; activities to encourage skills analysis and self-knowledge; and, a host of relevant practice examples. Leadership in Health Care successfully bridges the gap between theory and practice, effectively encouraging self-aware and reflective practitioners. The book will be an ideal resource for all nursing and allied health care trainees, as well as qualified professionals who need a clear and engaging guide to the key issues, theories and practice skills needed for effective leadership in health care. Jill Barr is Principal Lecturer and subject leader in Primary Care in Community Health, at the University of Wolverhampton. Lesley Dowding is a specialist visiting lecturer at Coventry University; associate lecturer at the Open University, and a Consultant Trainer at The Assessable Risk Company Limited.