Mindful Medical Practitioners

A Guide for Clinicians and Educators
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-3-319-31064-0
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 118 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 3317 g

Following up on Mindful Medical Practice, this book describes in detail how mindfulness is being taught to medical students, residents, practicing physicians, and allied health care professionals.  Steps to set up and integrate programs into curricula are featured and educators’ questions concerning practical aspects of doing this work are addressed.  The argument on how to promote the kinds of leadership and cultural changes necessary are also discussed along with the many challenges facing health professionals in multiple settings.  Mindful Medical Practitioners is an invaluable resource that raises interest, provides a rationale and details how to integrate mindfulness into clinical work and serves as a guide for those qualified to teach it.

Zielgruppe

Professional/practitioner

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dobkin

Dobkin, PhD, Patricia Lynn

Hassed, Craig Stephen

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizinische Berufe, Gesundheitsfachberufe
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Komplementäre Medizin, Asiatische Medizin (TCM), Heilpraktiker

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Why Teach Mindfulness to Clinicians?.- Scientific Underpinnings and Evidence Pertaining to Mindfulness.- Applied Mindfulness in Medicine.- How Mindfulness Has Been Integrated Into Three Medical School Curriculums.- Steps for Starting and Sustaining Programs.- Program Delivery.- Educating Teachers.- Future Directions, Culture and Caveats for Mindfulness in Medical Settings

Über Autor(innen)

Patricia Lynn Dobkin, PhD, McGill Programs in Whole Person Care McGill University, Department of Medicine, Montreal, Canada
Craig Stephen Hassed, MD, Senior Lecturer Faculty of Medicine Nursing and Health Sciences, Coordinator of Mindfulness Programs, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia