Focusing in particular on compassionate care, this practical textbook covers all aspects of psychology relevant to nursing and healthcare students.
Key features include:
- Coverage of the most important core psychology concepts for students, directly linked to relevant practice contexts.
- Case studies and scenarios from service users, carers, students and practitioners to help readers relate theory to practice.
- Reflective activities to develop critical thinking with outline answers at the end of each chapter.
- A glossary with definitions of key terms to further understanding.
Mục lục
Chapter 1 Introduction to Psychological Theory
Chapter 2 Lifespan development
Chapter 3 Understanding suffering
Chapter 4 Compassionate care – Janet Scammell
Chapter 5 Person centred approaches – Sue Barker & Janet Scammell
Chapter 6 The Care Practitioner – Sue Barker & Gareth Morgan
Chapter 7 Therapeutic Relationships – Sue Barker & Hamed Al Battashi
Chapter 8 Emotional Intelligence – Sue Barker, Beverley Johnson, Andrew Santos
Chapter 9 Emotional labour
Chapter 10 Maintaining a culture of compassionate care – Sue Barker & Gemma Stacey-Emile
Giới thiệu về tác giả
Dr Sue Barker is a registered mental health nurse and chartered psychologist; she works at Bournemouth University in the School of Health and Social Care as a Senior Lecturer. She is also a member of Bournemouth University Dementia Institute as part of this she has undertaken consultancy and evaluation work. She has a particular interest in mental and emotional wellbeing and her Ph D explored the emotional care given to women becoming mothers. Sue leads a unit on the mental health nursing programme entitled mental health and wellbeing in later life.