Developing Your Compassion Strengths - A Guide for Healthcare Students and Practitioners (Paperback)

This practical book suggests ways in which healthcare students and practitioners can develop their compassion strengths. Discussing what compassion is and means, it includes a new compassion strength model and a series of exercises the reader can use for reflecting on and developing their practice. A hallmark of healthcare practice is compassion, yet there is a lack of understanding as to what compassion is and how it can be developed in practice. The book begins with that challenge of defining compassion, particularly looking at healthcare contexts and making links between self-care and caring for others. It then presents a new, evidence-based holistic model that brings together key elements of compassion for self and other, along with a scale that readers can measure themselves against. Identifying eight strengths "self-care, connection, communication, competency, empathy, interpersonal skills, character and engagement" Durkin provides the theoretical background to each, accompanied with suggestions for practice and reflective activities. It ends with a selection of vignettes that readers can use to try out their strengths. Highlighting the concept of compassion strengths, and compassion as a way of being, this is an essential read for healthcare students and practitioners, whether involved in direct patient care or management.

General

Imprint:	Taylor & Francis
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	April 2023
First published:	2023
Authors:	Mark Durkin
Dimensions:	234 x 156mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	224
ISBN-13:	978-1-03-223208-9
Categories:	Books > Health, Home & Family > General Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Philosophy & theory of psychology > General Books > Medicine > Nursing & ancillary services > Nursing > Psychiatric nursing Books > Medicine > Nursing & ancillary services > Midwifery > General Books > Medicine > General issues > Public health & preventive medicine > Personal & public health > Health psychology Books > Academic & Education > Varsity Textbooks > Nursing
LSN:	1-03-223208-0
Barcode:	9781032232089

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