Focusing in particular on compassionate care, this practical textbook covers all aspects of psychology relevant to nursing and healthcare students.
Key Features include:

• Coverage of the most important core psychology concepts for students, directly linked to relevant practice contexts


• Case studies and scenarios from service users, carers, students and practitioners to help readers relate theory to practice


• Reflective activities to develop critical thinking with outline answers at the end of each chapter


• A glossary with definitions of key terms to further understanding.

Chapter 1 Introduction to Psychological Theory
Chapter 2 Lifespan development
Chapter 3 Understanding suffering
Chapter 4 Compassionate care - Janet Scammell
Chapter 5 Person centred approaches - Sue Barker & Janet Scammell
Chapter 6 The Care Practitioner - Sue Barker & Gareth Morgan
Chapter 7 Therapeutic Relationships - Sue Barker & Hamed Al Battashi
Chapter 8 Emotional Intelligence - Sue Barker, Beverley Johnson, Andrew Santos
Chapter 9 Emotional labour
Chapter 10 Maintaining a culture of compassionate care - Sue Barker & Gemma Stacey-Emile

Dr Sue Barker is a registered mental health nurse and chartered psychologist; she works at Bournemouth University in the School of Health and Social Care as a Senior Lecturer.  She is also a member of Bournemouth University Dementia Institute as part of this she has undertaken consultancy and evaluation work.  She has a particular interest in mental and emotional wellbeing and her PhD explored the emotional care given to women becoming mothers.  Sue leads a unit on the mental health nursing programme entitled mental health and wellbeing in later life.