This textbook covers all general areas of knowledge required for a trainee, generalist medical administrator, and doctor training to be a medical administrator specialist. In 16 chapters, all the key topics on medical administration and leadership are covered. Some of the key topics included are: health systems and policy, health law, private health and insurance, health disaster planning, population and public health, health information and technology, and health economics and financial management. Medical practitioners of today will be part of huge changes in medical practice. There are going to be continuing developments in biomedical sciences and clinical practice, new health priorities, rising expectations among patients and the public, and changing societal attitudes. Basic knowledge and skills, while fundamentally important, will not be enough on their own. Doctors thus need to demonstrate leadership combined with sound management skills to drive the necessary changes required to meet the challenges head. It is an invaluable resource from a wide spectrum of physicians from specialty areas, clinician managers from other health professions, as well as non-clinical managers working in health. This is a gateway text for trainees in medical administration, specialist medical administrators, aspiring medical managers, health service managers, and heads of service and departments in various medical specialities.

Erwin Loh, Chief Medical Officer at Monash Health, Victoria's largest health service. Prior to this he was the Deputy Chief Medical Officer at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre. He is a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria and the High Court of Australia. He has a medical degree from the University of Melbourne, and a law degree with honours from Monash University. He also has an MBA, a Master of Health Service Management, and a PhD with his thesis examining doctors in senior hospital management. He is Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators, Australasian College of Health Service Management, Australian Institute of Company Directors, Australian Institute of Management, Chartered Management Institute and Australasian College of Legal Medicine.He is currently Board Director of the Monash Health Research Precinct and Australasian College of Legal Medicine (where he is also Vice President). He is an adjunct Clinical Professor at Monash University where he teaches health law and health services management.  He is the Unit Coordinator for the Clinical Leadership and Management master's subject for Monash University. He is a member of the Consultative Council for Clinical Trials Research and is also Jurisdictional Coordinator of Training for the Royal Australasian College of Administrators training program in Victoria. He has been an invited speaker of local and international conferences, published articles and book chapters on health law and medical management, and supervises doctoral students.Paul W. Long, is currently the Founding Director, Centre for Health Leadership. Paul is an experienced senior health sector consultant and academic specialising in organisational systems and behaviour change related to the safety and quality of healthcare systems and service delivery models, specialising in leadership.He is the author of many high profile reports and policy documents as well as articles and academic papers in scientific journals, on systems approaches to improving the safety and quality of health care through cultural change, leadership and engagement; and he has presented at numerous conferences and other fora on a range of related topics. His text book on clinical leadership provides a practical guide for tutors, trainees and practitioners.Paul is an alumnus of Harvard Kennedy School of Government and a Visiting Fellow at the Australian Institute of Health Innovation. Peter Spurgeon^pects of medical leadership. Easy to read and highly accessible, it explores how the medical profession has evolved in tandem with administrative and structural aspects of the NHS: previously reluctant leaders, doctors are increasingly positive about adopting management and organisational responsibility.