title: Reflective practice: reviewing the issues and refocusing the debate.
abstract: Reflective practice has emerged in the U.K. and beyond as an important issue not just in nursing but in many other professions. However, it remains problematic; it is difficult to conceptualize and many aspects of it are open to debate. Reflective practice is also contentious because, at a fundamental level, it raises a number of important issues for professional practitioners and the way they view their practice. The intention of this paper is to: explore some of the issues that have emerged as the profession of nursing and other professions have gained a better understanding of reflective practice; broaden the scope of the debate and refocus it; raise issues which are in need of further research.
authors.affiliation: School of Education, University of Bath, U.K.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Clarke
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: James
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kelly
mesh_terms: D018939:Holistic Nursing; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000379:methods*; D009742:Nursing Theory; D015279:Organizational Culture; D013850:Thinking; D006113:United Kingdom