Society is rapidly changing its expectations of professionals inall arenas. In this book we focus on changing patterns ofprofessional practice in health, education and the creative arts.In each of these areas professional practice care is undergoingmajor reform in a complex and rapidly changing environment.
This multi-authored text explores professional practice in fourkey dimensions: doing, knowing, being and becoming. These conceptshave been chosen to represent professional practice as much morethan applying learned knowledge in practice situations. The authorspresent professional practice as a lived and dynamic experience aswell as a process, a service for (and with) others, and a way ofbeing and behaving. The text explores the essential unity ofknowledge and practice, through discourse, narrative, imagery andcritical debate.
This is a book for all those seeking to learn and to improvepractice.

Joy Higgs is the editor of Professional Practice in Health, Education and the Creative Arts, published by Wiley.
Angie Titchen is the editor of Professional Practice in Health, Education and the Creative Arts, published by Wiley.

List of Contributors.
Preface.
Acknowledgements.
Section 1: Introduction: Framing professional practice;Knowing and doing in context; Doing, knowing, being and becoming:The nature of professional practice; Our collaborative inquiry.
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Section 2: Dimensions of professional practice:Practising without certainty: Providing health care in an uncertainworld; The meaning(s) of uncertainty in treatment decision making;Finding the fifth player: Artistry in professional practice;Embodying knowledges: Challenging the theory/practice divide;Exploring relationships in health care practice; Technology and thedepersonalisation of knowledge and practice; The research-sensitivepractitioner; The practice-sensitive researcher.
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Section 3: Journeying on professional practice: Usingautobiographical narrative and reflection to link personal andprofessional domains; Students and educators learning withinrelationships; Becoming in professional practice: An exemplar;Transforming practice; Articulating practice; Whether the twainshall meet: Knowledge and practice in the education of health andhuman service professionals; Parallel journeys in professionalpractice; Developing creative arts expertise; Weaving the body, thecreative unconscious, imagination and the arts into practicedevelopment.
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Section 4 Reflections: Professional practice: Walkingalone with others; Towards professional artisty and creativity inpractice.
Index.