Draft, please only cite the published version in the May 2015 edition of the International Practice Development Journal (www.fons.org) when it comes out. Last September I presented a keynote on healthcare and culture change at a Practice Development conference in Toronto. On the day before I left I spent an entire day auditing a marathon six-hour session…
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Remember one of your healthiest and most helpful moments of relationship where you felt most comfortable, most welcome, most supported, and most generous within yourself. It may have been with other people. It may have been in the company of a favourite animal, or even in the company of a favourite object. You may even…
The He(art) of Care: Changing the Cultural Climate Equation (full text)
This is the text of a keynote address for the Enhancing Practice 14 conference for Practice Development in Toronto in 2014. The audio recording of the talk is available here: http://soundcloud.com/dr-anthony-mccann/the-heart-of-care-changing-the-culture-change-equation. *** I’d like to thank Nadine and the organisers for the invitation to speak here today. If keynotes are anything…
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