Supporting compassionate healthcare practice - 9781138092099

Taylor & Francis

Supporting compassionate healthcare practiceUnderstanding the role of resilience, positivity and wellbeing\nAuthor(s): Claire Chambers, Elaine Ryder\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138092099, 978-1138092099\nSynopsis\nThe 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.\n\nSupporting 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 .