Mindful Medical Practitioners : A Guide for Clinicians and Educators / by Patricia Lynn Dobkin, PhD, Craig Stephen Hassed.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dobkin, PhD, Patricia Lynn., Author.

Hassed, Craig Stephen., Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medicine--Practice.

Medicine.

Medical education.

Alternative medicine.

Practice and Hospital Management.

Medical Education.

Complementary & Alternative Medicine.

Local Subjects:

Practice and Hospital Management.

Medical Education.

Complementary & Alternative Medicine.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (133 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2016.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

ISBN:

3-319-31066-6