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Mindful Medical Practice

Clinical Narratives and Therapeutic Insights

  • The book introduces mindful medical practice and shows how it enhances communication, empathy and the therapeutic relationship with patients
  • Each chapter relates actual experiences written by physicians and allied health care professionals across a broad spectrum of specialities and settings
  • Authored by seasoned clinicians whose mindfulness is integrated into their work and lives
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (28 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
  2. Introduction: Mindful Medical Practice

    • Patricia Lynn Dobkin
    Pages 1-4
  3. Lost Heart (Beat)/Broken (Body)

    • Patricia Lynn Dobkin
    Pages 13-18
  4. Working with Groups Mindfully

    • Craig Hassed
    Pages 19-24
  5. The Opera of Medicine

    • Michael S. Krasner
    Pages 25-28
  6. The Mindful Psychiatrist: Being Present with Suffering

    • Catherine L. Phillips
    Pages 29-35
  7. The Death of a Snowflake

    • Emmanuelle Baron
    Pages 37-39
  8. Carmen’s Story

    • John H. Kearsley
    Pages 41-47
  9. Minding Baby Abigail

    • Andrea N. Frolic
    Pages 61-69
  10. Mindfulness in the Realm of Hungry Ghosts

    • Ricardo J. M. Lucena
    Pages 79-84
  11. In the Heart of Cancer

    • Christian Boukaram
    Pages 85-88
  12. Hiking on the Eightfold Path

    • Ted Bober
    Pages 89-93
  13. Richard’s Embers

    • Elisabeth Gold
    Pages 99-103

About this book

This book is about being mindful in clinical practice and how mindfulness enhances the quality of patient care while adding depth and meaning to a clinicians’ work. Chapters include narratives from clinicians who consciously apply mindfulness in real life settings.  Authors from various settings provide examples that capture how emergent mindfulness is. Mindful Medical Practice demonstrates to physicians, residents and students how mindfulness enriches both their practices and lives.

Editors and Affiliations

  • McGill University Gerald Bronfman Centre, Montreal, Canada

    Patricia Lynn Dobkin

About the editor

Patricia Lynn Dobkin

Department of Medicine,

Programs in Whole Person Care

McGill University

Montreal, Quebec 

Canada

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Mindful Medical Practice

  • Book Subtitle: Clinical Narratives and Therapeutic Insights

  • Editors: Patricia Lynn Dobkin

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15777-1

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-15776-4Published: 09 June 2015

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-38082-7Published: 17 October 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-15777-1Published: 20 May 2015

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XX, 163

  • Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: General Practice / Family Medicine, Practice and Hospital Management, Primary Care Medicine, Complementary & Alternative Medicine

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eBook USD 39.99
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  • Read on any device
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  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 54.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 54.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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