Critical emancipatory reflection on a practice-based issue in relation to the working relationship between doctors and nurses in China

Abstract

Reflection is viewed as the most significant skill and should be advocated for lifelong learning. In order to grasp the process of reflection and embrace the reflective skill, one of the authors of this paper reflects on a practice-based issue in relation to the communication between doctors and nurses, to gain new understanding and thus improve the authors’ clinical practice.

Keywords

• reflective skill
• critical emancipatory reflection
• smyth’s framework
• hegemony
• socialization theory
• transformative practice