Political reverence towards the NHS is a smokescreen

Demonstrating reverence for the earth.

As a community hospital and a major employer, St. Mary's Hospital Medical Center in Green Bay, Wisconsin, assumes responsibility not only for the health of people in the community but also for the health of the environment in which they live. Demonstrating reverence for the earth is a primary strategic goal, originating with its sponsoring organization, Hospital Sisters Health System, Springfie...

Lifting the smokescreen.

Towards Distributed Leadership in the NHS?

As far back as 2005, Sir Nigel Crisp (Chief Executive of the NHS) argued for “entrepreneurial leaders” capable of bringing “vision, leadership and passion” to the NHS, and who “generate new and alternative solutions that extend the boundaries of healthcare (and) challenge factors that are growth-limiting and refuse to accept the status quo”i. Harnessing the language of entrepreneurship was a cl...

Rethinking Reverence for Life

Albert Schweitzer's ethics of reverence for life is more complex and interesting than fIrst appears. It contains themes relevant to contemporary environmental ethics, including a virtue-ethics approach that emphasizes personal responsibility and tolerance, empathy for living organisms, and the fundamental unity of life. Not surprising, then, Schweitzer has recently been acknowledged for pioneer...

Towards a resilient political system