Stress appears an inescapable part of the practice of healthcare, but is a focus on building resilience the best way to approach the problem?
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Safety II
What is the best way to improve the safety and quality of care in clinical practice?
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Science and Charity: the Limits of Candour
Openness is often presented as an ultimate Good in clinical practice, but are there healthy limits to empathy and candour, for both patient and carer?
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The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life
What happens when we compare our insides with others’ outsides?
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Reflective Practice: Surface, Circle, Sphere or Sophia
Reflective practice encourages us to hold up a mirror to our practice, as a way to learn and develop. How can we move beyond the superficial to a more meaningful engagement?
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Flying and Falling
The story of Icarus has provided inspiration for many artists—poets and painters alike—as they have tried to understand what it is to fail in human endeavour. It provides a way in to thinking about how we should respond to mistakes in healthcare.
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