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Negotiation Strategies for Doctors — and Hospitals

Harvard Business Review

In these and many other interfaces within our health care system, the limitation is neither incompetence nor ill intent, but rather a dearth of negotiation skills and acumen. As anyone involved in the health care system knows, hospitals and health professionals are faced with this question every day.

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What’s Holding Women in Medicine Back from Leadership

Harvard Business Review

Recent studies show that women physicians may provide better clinical care and health care system savings in comparison with their male counterparts, and women may also generally be more collaborative in both research and education pursuits. This can hamper cooperative parenting and make it harder for women to stay in the field.

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When He Retires and She Still Works, What Happens?

Harvard Business Review

They acknowledged that non-work experiences with their spouses were important and necessary diversions, good for their marriages, and often intellectually broadening. What I found, however, was more negotiation and cooperation than conflict. Sixteen women responded, and there were several common themes.

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The U.S. Cannot Be Run Like a Business

Harvard Business Review

That might work for the state lottery, but how about foreign relations or education, let alone, dare I say, health care? The plural sector, although the least recognized of the three, is large and diverse. The United States has more cooperative memberships than people.)