Why Hospitals Fail Munzinger Str. 9 As in a regular conference the 24th ER Conference As in a regular conference which will focus on advanced textbooks and research level monographs The book seeks to develop a specific paradigm shift in understanding the development of medical leaders by promoting a culture of engagement through participation and one that is defined by the experiences of medical leaders The editors examine new and emergent models of leadership and their contribution to explain effective and sustainable change and suggest that theoretical models of leadership are often unable to explain many of the practice led challenges presented in hospitals