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In today's beleaguered healthcare system, burdened with epidemic levels of stress, depression and burnout, TIME to CARE offers health professionals the opportunity of renewal. Here are the secrets to building a happy and fulfilling practice, wellbeing and resilience. Youngson bravely relates his own transition, from a detached clinician to a champion for humane whole-patient care; at times poignant, sometimes funny but always brutally honest. TIME to CARE offers a deeply compassionate and insightful account of a health system that is failing both patients and practitioners all over the world. But there's more.... Drawing on advances in neuroscience and positive psychology, and tapping the power of appreciative inquiry, Youngson conveys in clear and simple language how health workers can strengthen their hearts, learn the skills of compassionate caring, and rise above institutional limitations to transform patient care.... and rediscover their vocation. Tipped to become an international best-seller, TIME to CARE is recommended reading for today's health professionals, students, health leaders, patients, and all those passionate about re-humanizing healthcare.
This is the author Robin Youngson writing directly to you... If you are a social or environmental activist, reading this little book might be the best investment you ever make. If I had known and understood these lessons earlier, it might have spared me a decade of wasted effort. I want to let you know you can also download an e-book version of my book for FREE on my website at www.herotohealer.org. I'm not crazy, I just want my work to live within the gift economy. If you value my book, you can choose to pay a 'donation' price - or just enjoy it for free. I'm a practising doctor in New Zealand and an internationally renowned leader in compassionate healthcare. I really care about building a...
What if the worst thing that ever happened to you could simple be erased from your life? This is the promise of the latest findings in neuroscience: the brain DOES has a delete button! Moreover, the Havening Techniques(R) used to activate this self-healing mechanism are rapid, gentle, and effortless.Haunted by a horrifying assault? Traumatised by a sudden illness or injury? Struggling in your relationships because of a terrible fear of abandonment? Anxious at work? Paralysed by a phobia? Never feeling worthy or good enough? All these problems are the result of traumatic memories that get hard-wired in the brain.In clear and simple language, illustrated with many real-life examples, Dr Youngs...
Law and Anthropology, the latest volume in the Current Legal Issues series, offers an insight into the state of law and anthropology scholarship today. Focussing on the inter-connections between the two disciplines it also includes case studies from around the world.
The need for renewal and support for those who care for seriously ill, dying, and bereaved people has been acknowledged from the very beginning of the hospice and palliative care movement. While often referring to the rewards and satisfactions of the work, Dame Cicely Saunders was the -first to acknowledge that helping encounters with dying patients and distressed relatives could be a source of anguish and grief for dedicated and compassionate carers. Caregiver Stress and Staff Support in Illness, Dying, and Bereavement discusses the challenge of finding a balance between the support needs of patients, families, and staff and the resources available. With contributions from practitioners and...
Discover the groundbreaking bestseller and TikTok sensation that reveals the connection between your physical health and emotional well-being, and offers processes for healing—featuring a foreword by Bernie Siegel, M.D. Dive into the enchanting world of holistic healing with renowned intuitive healer Inna Segal. Digging into the root causes of over 300 symptoms and medical conditions, she lays bare the mental, emotional, and energetic triggers behind physical ailments. This comprehensive guide comes complete with a free thirty-five-minute audio download where Inna herself guides you into a powerful self-care and well-being journey, attuning you to the messages your body communicates. Ventu...
A Palliative Care Book of the Month: IAHPC (International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care) From a medical insider comes a plea to renew medicine’s mandate to relieve suffering. The philosophy and practice of palliative care shows how this is possible by easing pain, by embracing the human side of illness, by inviting patients to be full participants in their care, and by incorporating the wisdom of these injured storytellers to guide healing hands. Informed by the voices of the seriously ill, their families, and the lifelong experience of a palliative care nurse and medical social worker, Stay, Breathe with Me, illuminates the power of the art of care and the need to bring heart and compassion back into health care. Written for both medical professionals and general readers alike.
Despite the scope and sophistication of contemporary health care, there is increasing international concern about the perceived lack of compassion in its delivery. Citing evidence that when the basic needs of patients are attended to with kindness and understanding, recovery often takes place at a faster level, patients cope more effectively with the self-management of chronic disorders and can more easily overcome anxiety associated with various disorders, this book looks at how good care can be put back into the process of caring. Beginning with an introduction to the historical values associated with the concept of compassion, the text goes on to provide a bio-psycho-social theoretical fr...
Values and Ethics for Care Practice introduces readers to values and ethics and their importance in patient-centred care. Values and ethics are integral to the provision, practice and delivery of patient-centred health and social care. This book, which is an expanded and updated version of Values for Care Practice, introduces readers to these concepts and helps them understand how they can apply them to become compassionate care professionals. The patient perspective and patient voice are seen and heard throughout the book. Readers are encouraged to reflect on their personal values and on those underpinning health and social care work and to understand how values and ethics are articulated in the latest Codes of Practice. The text uses activities and case studies to enable readers to apply theory in their practice. This book will help readers to understand why good caring is more than merely a practical intervention; it also requires a personal investment and quality of character that involves genuine concern and respect for others.
Rewire Your Brain and Heal presents twelve powerful steps to support healing. Developed by Maria Nordin, the revolutionary Free to Heal© method utilizes neuroplasticity and awareness skills to show how you can—with the mind and emotions—create favorable conditions in the body for a health-supporting microbiome. The book contains awareness skill exercises to harness the healing powers of the mind immediately. The book, having already helped thousands of people, is a comprehensive package of information about the connection between the mind and healing. In the book, you will find up-to-date guidance on topics such as the mental and physical effects of stress and well-being, the benefits o...