Description
This challenging and innovative book explores the political aspects of occupational therapy practice, developing this concept from the implications of occupational justice, and expanding on some of the ideas originally set out in OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY WITHOUT BORDERS. The book discusses how practitioners may develop political awareness in order to achieve goals in community development, or towards occupational goals, and is supported by twelve chapters of practice examples from the UK, US, Georgia and Australia as well as an important history of the profession as an agency for social change. Contents include significant theoretical chapters on gender, class and disability, challenges to holism, occupational literacy, and a discussion of political competence.
Reviews
"The authors of this book have provided an in-depth review of the occupational therapy professions political dimension and offer readers both theoretical and practice based substantiation of political practice...the book provides both theory and practical application, accessible to students."
International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation, February 2009, Vol 16, No 2
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Author Information
By Nick Pollard, DipCOT, SRAT, MA, MSc, Senior Lecturer in Occupational Therapy, School of Health and Social Care, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, UK; and Franciscus Kronenberg, BSc(OT), BA(Ed), International Guest Lecturer in Occupational Therapy, Cape Town, South Africa
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