Occupational Therapy New Perspectives

by Creek, Jennifer

• ISBN13: 9781861560889
• ISBN10: 1861560885
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-10-22
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

A collection of critical essays on concepts in occupational therapy, intended to stimulate interest in academic debate and to provoke a critical response.

Author Biography

Jennifer Creek has been an occupational therapist since 1970, when she qualified from the London School of Occupational Therapy. She has worked in the fields of adult mental health, adult learning disabilities, mental health promotion and occupational therapy education. She is the editor of a textbook, Occupational Therapy and Mental Health, which is about to go into its fourth edition. This is her second edited collection of essays. She is currently working with the European Network of Occupational Therapists in Higher Education terminology project group to produce a conceptual framework for occupational therapy in Europe.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Contributors	ix
A theory of occupation and health	1	(15)
Ann Wilcock
Purposeful activity	16	(13)
Jennifer Creek
Shifting ground or sifting sand?	29	(18)
Mary Jenkins
Influences that shape our reasoning	47	(19)
Susan Ryan
Reflective practice in health care	66	(11)
Kit Sinclair
The virtuous therapist	77	(22)
Rosemary Barnitt
`You will measure outcomes'	99	(15)
Penny Spreadbury
Communicating the nature and purpose of occupational therapy	114	(28)
Jennifer Creek
Oil and water	142	(15)
Mary Perks
Index	157	(198)