Critical Reflection in Practice: A Guide for Health and Social Care Professionals

(Paperback, 3rd edition)

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Critical reflection and reflective practice are at the heart of modern healthcare. But what do these terms really mean

Building on its highly respected predecessors, the third edition of a bestselling text analyses and explores the importance of reflection in professional practice with academic depth and clarity. Taking an interdisciplinary approach that offers hands-on advice and support, it presents a structured method that will enable you to both challenge and develop your own practice.

New to this Edition:

- Expanded to meet the needs of all healthcare and social care professions
- Fully updated in line with global developments in contemporary understandings of reflective practice over the last decade
- A new chapter on reflective and reflexive practice
- New chapter exercises and key takeaway features to reinforce and scaffold learning

This book is an essential guide to critical reflection for all students, academics and practitioners.

Author Bio

GARY ROLFE is Emeritus Professor of Nursing within the College of Human and Health Services at Swansea University, UK DAWN FRESHWATER is a British academic, university professor, mental health researcher, and the current Vice-Chancellor of the University of Auckland, New Zealand MELANIE JASPER was Professor of Nursing and Head of the College of Human and Health Sciences at Swansea University, UK