Front cover -- Half title -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 The nature of reflection and practice -- Introduction -- Definitions and perspectives of reflection -- Criticisms of reflective practice -- Types of reflection -- Sources of reflection -- The nature of caring in health professions -- What is caring? -- What is professionalized caring? -- Why do professionals care? -- The nature of work constraints -- Economic constraints -- Historical constraints -- Political constraints -- Social constraints -- Personal constraints -- Ensuring quality practice through reflective processes -- Recognizing quality care -- Recognising work issues -- Engaging in self-blaming -- Wanting to be perfect and invincible -- Examining daily habits and routines -- Struggling to be assertive -- Struggling to be an advocate -- Differentiating between ideal and real practice expectations -- Negotiating interprofessional boundaries -- Managing collegial relations -- Dealing with organizational and healthcare system problems -- Managing self-esteem and worthiness problems -- Summary -- Key points -- 2 Preparing for reflection and the REFLECT model -- Introduction -- Qualities for reflecting -- Taking and making the time -- Making the effort -- Being determined -- Having courage -- Using humour -- A kitbag of strategies -- Writing -- Audiotaping -- Creative music -- Dancing -- Drawing -- Montage -- Painting -- Poetry -- Pottery -- Quilting -- Singing -- Videotaping -- Hints for reflecting -- Be spontaneous -- Express yourself freely -- Remain open to ideas -- Choose a time and place to suit you -- Be prepared personally -- Choose suitable re.ective methods -- A reflective exercise -- The role of a critical friend -- Encouraging re.ective questioning -- The Taylor model of reflection -- Readiness -- Exercising thought.

Following systematic processes -- Leaving oneself open to answers -- Enfolding insights -- Changing awareness -- Tenacity in maintaining reflection -- Summary -- Key points -- 3 Types of reflection and being human in healthcare -- Introduction -- Caution about categories -- Empirical knowledge -- Interpretive knowledge -- Critical knowledge -- Knowledge and human interests -- Technical interest and work -- Practical interest and interaction -- Emancipatory interest and power -- Three types of reflection -- Technical reflection -- Practical reflection -- Emancipatory reflection -- Choosing a type of reflection -- Being human as a model of healthcare -- Facilitation and allowingness -- Familiarity and self-likeness -- Family and homeliness -- Favouring and favourableness -- Feelings and in-tuneness -- Fun and lightheartedness -- Friendship and connectedness -- Summary -- Key points -- 4 Technical reflection -- Introduction -- Review of previous ideas -- The process of technical reflection -- Assessing and planning -- Implementing -- Evaluating -- An example of technical reflection -- Assessing and planning -- Implementing -- Evaluating -- Summary -- Key points -- 5 Practical reflection -- Introduction -- Review of previous ideas -- The process of practical reflection -- Experiencing -- Interpreting -- Learning -- An example of practical reflection -- Experiencing -- Interpreting -- Learning -- Summary -- Key points -- 6 Emancipatory reflection -- Introduction -- Review of previous ideas -- The process of emancipatory reflection -- Constructing -- Deconstructing -- Confronting -- Reconstructing -- An example of emancipatory reflection -- Constructing -- Deconstructing -- Confronting -- Reconstructing -- Summary -- Key points -- 7 Applying Taylor's REFLECT model to practice -- Introduction -- Applying Taylor's REFLECT model of reflection -- Readiness.

Exercising thought -- Following systematic processes -- Leaving oneself open to answers -- Enfolding insights -- Changing awareness -- Tenacity in maintaining reflection -- Writing your own practice stories -- Summary -- Key points -- 8 Reflective practice in research and scholarship -- Introduction -- Incorporating reflective practice into research methodologies -- Types of research -- Possible applications of reflection in research -- The reflective research approach -- Reflective processes in other research approaches -- Research involving reflection and action research -- Combining reflection and action research -- Facilitating an action research and re.ection group -- Research projects using re.ection and action research -- Fostering scholarship -- Presenting your re.ective research at a professional conference -- Writing a journal article -- Summary -- Key points -- 9 Being human and reflection as a lifelong process -- Introduction -- Honouring humanity -- Maintaining reflective practice -- Affirming yourself as a reflective practitioner -- Responding to the critiques -- Creating a daily habit -- Seeing things freshly -- Staying alert to practice -- Finding support systems -- Sharing reflection -- Getting involved in research -- Embodying reflective practice -- Summary -- Final author's reflection -- References -- Index -- Back cover.