TY - JOUR T1 - Reflection in action: developing reflective practice in health and social services JF - Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health JO - J Epidemiol Community Health SP - 279 LP - 279 DO - 10.1136/jech.2007.064683 VL - 62 IS - 3 AU - Ioannis DK Dimoliatis Y1 - 2008/03/01 UR - http://jech.bmj.com/content/62/3/279.2.abstract N2 - Bairbre Redmond. Published by Ashgate Publishing 2006 163 £16.99 paperback. 0-7546-4955-5A quotation closes her preface: “Man’s mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions”; through this book, I guess her mind has been stretched by reflective practice and reflective education.Following an overview of the origins of reflection theories, the author—based on action research in a seven-month postgraduate course of six different professions where she unfolded her model—explains how different levels of reflection can be understood and incorporated into everyday teaching and training. Chapter 2 reviews the work of forerunner theorists (Dewey, Habermas, Mezirow, Freire, Brookfield), compares the reflection stages as conceived by each of them, and finishes with the perspectives … ER -