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'Everything that exists, exists against a background. All of our experiences, beliefs and understandings of health practice derive from a living, organic and constantly moving context: whether scientific, philosophical, cultural, aesthetic, biological or spiritual. It is useful therefore to spend a little time understanding and reflecting on these building blocks of who we are. As practitioners, we don't always have time to do this... It's a little luxury... not essential, but hopefully a bit nourishing. Like a fireside cup of cocoa.' Justin Amery This extraordinary new series fills a void in practitioner development and well-being. The books take a reflective step back from the tick-box, target-driven and increasingly regulated world of 21st century health practice; and invite us to revisit what health and health practice actually are. Building carefully on the science and philosophy of health, each book addresses the messy, complex and often chaotic world of real-life health practice and offers an ancient but now almost revolutionary understanding for students and experienced practitioners alike: that health practice is a fundamentally creative and compassionate activity. The series as a whole helps practitioners to redefine and recreate their daily practice in ways that are healthier for both patients and practitioners. The books provide a welcome antidote to demoralisation and burn-out amongst practitioners, reversing cynicism and reviving our feeling of pride in, and our understanding of, health practice. By observing practice life through different lenses, they encourage the development of efficiency, effectiveness and, above all, satisfaction. The fifth book in this series, The Integrated Practitioner: Food for Thought, is written for readers who prefer a more academic and reflective understanding of the themes of books 1-4. It incorporates the theoretical background for each of the concepts discussed in the first four workbooks, giving context to, and providing an underpinning of, modern medical practice. Brilliantly written, practitioners, students and trainees and GP trainers will find the enlightening, witty, conversational style a joy to read.

Table of Contents:
About the author vii Acknowledgements viii Introduction to the series 1 �o Why are these workbooks needed? 1 �o Why did I write them? 2 �o What will be in them? 3 �o What perspectives and approaches will they use? 4 �o Points and prizes: something for nothing 9 �o Provisos 9 Chapter 1: The universe 11 �o Introduction to Book 5 12 �o Integration 12 �o The universe 12 �o Existence 14 �o Relational and balanced creativity within the universe 15 Chapter 2: Time 19 �o Space.time events 19 �o The experience of things 'flowing' 20 �o Can time really speed up and slow down? 22 �o Our conceptions and perceptions of time 23 Chapter 3: The 'self' 25 �o The self as relational, integrated and complex 26 �o The problem of blurry and leaky boundaries 28 �o So who am I? 30 �o The importance of memory 32 �o Why is all this important to health practice? 33 Chapter 4: Consciousness 35 �o What is consciousness? 35 �o Noun-v erbs 36 �o Philosophical perspectives of consciousness 37 �o Scientifi c perspectives of consciousness 41 �o Mystical perspectives of consciousness 44 �o So what does this all mean for health practice? 45 Chapter 5: Relationships 47 �o The strange disappearance of you 47 �o The 'big three' relationships 48 �o Many me's 48 �o The strange (but very important) notion of co-c reation 50 �o Different perspectives of different relationships 50 �o Why is this important to health practice? 52 Chapter 6: Truth, language and meaning 55 �o Some theories of truth 56 �o The relationship between truth, meaning and language 57 �o Language and thought 58 �o The problem of paradox 58 �o Is logic logical? 60 �o Is discussion pointless? 61 �o A fairy tale to help us fi nd truth 62 �o Why is this important to health practice? 64 Chapter 7: Knowledge and intelligence 65 �o What is knowledge? 66 �o What is intelligence? 67 �o What is the relationship between truth, belief and knowledge? 67 �o What are the foundations of knowledge? 69 �o Knowledge and power 70 �o How do we apply our knowledge in practice? 71 �o Why is this important to health practice? 72 Chapter 8: Health and health practice 75 �o What is health? 75 �o What can health be described as? 76 �o What is health practice? 78 �o How can we differentiate between 'good health' and 'bad health'? 78 �o Health and health practice as co-c reations 79 �o Skilful health practice: knowing and being 81 �o Health and health practice as integrated harmonic balance 82 �o Health practice as a two-w ay process 84 Chapter 9: Creativity 87 �o Health as a creation 88 �o We are all artists (and scientists) 89 �o How do we create in practice? 89 �o Dissonance: the trigger for creativity 90 �o Models and theories of the creative process 92 �o Creative thinking 93 �o Creative tension and creative dance 96 �o The importance of expertise 98 �o Creating space and escaping tyranny 99 �o Finding creative states of mind 101 �o Being more creative in practice 102 Chapter 10: Integrating everything (and nothing) 109 �o Plate spinning 110 �o Refl ective practice (or paralysis?) 112 �o Revisiting expertise 112 �o The development of expertise 114 �o Beginner's mind: meta-c ompetence 115 �o The messiness of life 117 �o Zooming in and zooming out 119 �o Becoming mindfully aware 120 �o Integrated practice as a 'meta-level' of refl ective practice 121 �o Ending with nothing 123 Notes 127 Bibliography 147

About the Author :
I am a full- time practising family practitioner and children's palliative care specialist doctor working in the UK. I have also spent some years working in Uganda and other sub- Saharan African countries. I enjoy teaching, writing and mentoring. I am a medical student tutor at the University of Oxford, a trainer in general practice, and I have designed and set up children's palliative care courses for health professionals in the UK and Africa. I have worked with 'failing practices' to help them turn round; and also with health professionals who are struggling (as we all do from time to time). I have always had an interest in philosophy and spirituality, and have studied this at postgraduate level. I have carried out some research into education and training of health professionals around the world and I continue to explore that interest. I have previously written two books: Children's Palliative Care in Africa (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009) and the Association for Children's Palliative Care (ACT) Handbook of Children's Palliative Care for GPs (Bristol: ACT, 2011). I particularly enjoy reading and writing poetry. At heart, though, I am a practitioner and a generalist. What is more, as you can probably see, I am rather a jack of all trades, and a master of none. I have been motivated to write this book as I am hoping to explore practical ways of practising health that help us all, patients and practitioners alike, to become a little more healthy, and a little more whole.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781785230271
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: CRC Press
  • Edition: New edition
  • No of Pages: 176
  • Sub Title: Food for Thought (Book 5)
  • ISBN-10: 1785230271
  • Publisher Date: 31 Oct 2014
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • Language: English
  • No of Pages: 176


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