Empowerment through reflection

Much has been said about the potential that critical forms of reflection have to empower healthcare professionals. This text critiques the stereotypical view that empowerment is seen as a commodity that is bestowed upon people by those who have it to give. An alternative view is presented based upon the ideas of Foucault, Friere, Habermas, Chambers and others, whose ideas embrace issues of power, politics, struggle, negotiation and reversals in our thinking. The book is divided into two parts. The first describes the lived experiences of healthcare professionals as they work with issues of…