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SECTION 1
The Person in Person‐Centred Practice

The first section of this book will guide you through a brief philosophical history of the concepts person, personhood and self. The chapters include a number of activities that we would encourage you to participate in and which will inform your understanding of the concepts. The range of activities are designed to help you to reflect on your self and then to consider the influence you have on others and they on you. We hope you notice and experience the ongoing development of your understanding of your own personhood through critical reflection. This represents some of our beliefs and values that we are never the completed article as there is always capacity to construct new learning and understanding.

The first three chapters in this section of the book introduce you to the key concepts of person‐centredness and person‐centred practice. These are the foundation chapters that will guide your initial thinking and learning in relation to the different perspectives of what it means to be a person and how person‐centredness and person‐centred practice may be realised. The focus here is on the continuously evolving nature of person‐centred practice. As part of your exploration and learning, you will be introduced to the Person‐centred Practice Framework. This framework will be used as a lens to critically examine some of the challenges we face in contemporary healthcare as we try to operationalise person‐centredness.

As you work through Chapter 1, you will learn who the person is and consider the importance of personhood and why it is essential to person‐centred practice. Chapter 2 builds on notions of being a person and encourages you to explore the concepts and complexities of person‐centred practice, paying particular attention to the core values of person‐centredness. In Chapter 3, you will be introduced to the Person‐centred Practice Framework and guided through its component parts and how it links to the key underpinning theoretical concepts described in Chapters 1 and 2.

Chapter 4 challenges us to explore self. You will be guided to consider different aspects of self and introduced to a variety of different approaches that can be used to know self better. This leads to exploring the concept of human flourishing in Chapter 5. The alignment with person‐centred practice emerges as you engage with this chapter and the activities. We encourage you to take time to participate in the activities and reflect afterwards. Some of the activities can be repeated at various times and we imagine you will become aware of your own development. Chapter 6 will enable you to make links between your practice, the required standards you need to demonstrate for professional practice and how professionalism contributes to person‐centred practice. You will also explore the tensions that may exist between the reality of practice and delivering person‐centred care. Finally, Chapter 7 examines the future nursing, midwifery and allied health professional in the context of person‐centred practice.