Supporting compassionate healthcare practice : understanding the role of resilience, positivity and wellbeing / Claire Chambers and Elaine Ryder.
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TextPublisher: London : Routledge, 2018Description: 240 pages : illustrations (black and white)Content type: text | still image Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781351607933 (e-book)Subject(s): Nursing -- Psychological aspects | Compassion | Health and Wellbeing | Social services & welfare, criminology | Nursing fundamentals & skillsGenre/Form: Online access: Open e-book Also available in printed form ISBN 9781138092099Summary: The pursuit of excellent compassionate care should be at the heart of all practice. However, it can be challenging for practitioners to deliver this day after day in a context of tight budgets and targets, which can erode the passion with which they entered their professions. Supporting Compassionate Healthcare Practice encourages healthcare professionals to look after themselves in order to maintain and develop their compassionate practice. This book considers how stress management, resilience, wellbeing and positivity can help all health professionals remain close to the values, attitudes and attributes that brought them into the caring professions. It presents and critiques the evidence base for these key concepts, bringing them to life with numerous case studies and examples, and develops a framework - RESPECT - for practice. This innovative volume is essential reading for all healthcare students, academics and professionals interested in improving both the quality of care and the wellbeing of patients and practitioners alike.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
The pursuit of excellent compassionate care should be at the heart of all practice. However, it can be challenging for practitioners to deliver this day after day in a context of tight budgets and targets, which can erode the passion with which they entered their professions. Supporting Compassionate Healthcare Practice encourages healthcare professionals to look after themselves in order to maintain and develop their compassionate practice. This book considers how stress management, resilience, wellbeing and positivity can help all health professionals remain close to the values, attitudes and attributes that brought them into the caring professions. It presents and critiques the evidence base for these key concepts, bringing them to life with numerous case studies and examples, and develops a framework - RESPECT - for practice. This innovative volume is essential reading for all healthcare students, academics and professionals interested in improving both the quality of care and the wellbeing of patients and practitioners alike.
Also available in printed form ISBN 9781138092099
Electronic reproduction. Askews and Holts. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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