Overview
- 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
Access this book
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Other ways to access
Table of contents (28 chapters)
-
Front Matter
Keywords
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
About the editor
Patricia Lynn Dobkin
Department of Medicine,
Programs in Whole Person Care
McGill University
Montreal, QuebecÂ
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