Critical Reflection in Practice
A Guide for Health and Social Care Professionals
3rd Edition
Published on 2. October 2025
Book
Hardback
296 pages
978-1-350-53341-7 (ISBN)
Description
Critical reflection and reflective practice are at the heart of modern healthcare. But what do these terms really mean?
This textbook analyses and explores the significance of reflection in professional health and social care practice. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, this book presents a structured method that empowers you to both challenge and develop your own practice.
New to this edition:
- Updated to reflect global developments in contemporary understandings of reflective practice
- A brand-new chapter on reflective and reflexive practice
- Engaging chapter exercises and 'key takeaway' features to reinforce and support learning
Containing real-life case studies and reflective activities, this book is an essential guide to critical reflection for all students, academics and practitioners alike, enhancing both personal and professional development.
This textbook analyses and explores the significance of reflection in professional health and social care practice. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, this book presents a structured method that empowers you to both challenge and develop your own practice.
New to this edition:
- Updated to reflect global developments in contemporary understandings of reflective practice
- A brand-new chapter on reflective and reflexive practice
- Engaging chapter exercises and 'key takeaway' features to reinforce and support learning
Containing real-life case studies and reflective activities, this book is an essential guide to critical reflection for all students, academics and practitioners alike, enhancing both personal and professional development.
Reviews / Votes
This book presents a comprehensive and enriched new scholarship of reflective practice, establishing it as a rigorous and systematic approach for nurse, health and social care practitioners to generate data, construct knowledge, and effectively integrate it into practice. * Stefanos Mantzoukas, Professor of Nursing, University of Ioannina, Greece * A comprehensive resource that meets the needs of a wide range of healthcare professions. * Sarah McNamara, Senior Lecturer in Midwifery, Liverpool John Moores University, UK * The reflective pauses in each chapter are particularly helpful as they prompt readers to pause and consider the material they have just explored. * Margaret Ruddy, Lecturer in Nursing, University of Stirling, UK *More details
Edition
3rd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
23
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
608 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-350-53341-7 (9781350533417)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Gary Rolfe is Emeritus Professor of Nursing within the School of Health and Social Care at Swansea University, UK.
Dawn Freshwater is a British academic, university professor, mental health researcher, and the current Vice-Chancellor of the University of Auckland, New Zealand.
Melanie Jasper was Professor of Nursing and Head of the College of Human and Health Sciences at Swansea University, UK.
Dawn Freshwater is a British academic, university professor, mental health researcher, and the current Vice-Chancellor of the University of Auckland, New Zealand.
Melanie Jasper was Professor of Nursing and Head of the College of Human and Health Sciences at Swansea University, UK.
Content
Preface
Part I: Reflective and Reflexive Practice
Chapter 1 Towards a Critically Reflective Practice - Gary Rolfe
Chapter 2 Knowledge and Practice - Gary Rolfe
Chapter 3 Models and Frameworks for Reflection - Gary Rolfe
Chapter 4 Reflective and Reflexive Practice - Gary Rolfe
Chapter 5 Reflection-in-Action - Gary Rolfe
Part II: Modes and Methods of Critical Reflection
Chapter 6 Understanding Reflective Writing - Melanie Jasper
Chapter 7 Strategies for Reflective Writing - Melanie Jasper
Chapter 8 Clinical Supervision and Reflective Practice - Dawn Freshwater
Chapter 9 Reflective Supervision Groups - Gary Rolfe
Chapter 10 Using Reflection as a Tool for Research - Dawn Freshwater
Chapter 11 Education and the Reflective Practitioner - Gary Rolfe
References
Part I: Reflective and Reflexive Practice
Chapter 1 Towards a Critically Reflective Practice - Gary Rolfe
Chapter 2 Knowledge and Practice - Gary Rolfe
Chapter 3 Models and Frameworks for Reflection - Gary Rolfe
Chapter 4 Reflective and Reflexive Practice - Gary Rolfe
Chapter 5 Reflection-in-Action - Gary Rolfe
Part II: Modes and Methods of Critical Reflection
Chapter 6 Understanding Reflective Writing - Melanie Jasper
Chapter 7 Strategies for Reflective Writing - Melanie Jasper
Chapter 8 Clinical Supervision and Reflective Practice - Dawn Freshwater
Chapter 9 Reflective Supervision Groups - Gary Rolfe
Chapter 10 Using Reflection as a Tool for Research - Dawn Freshwater
Chapter 11 Education and the Reflective Practitioner - Gary Rolfe
References