Team Focus: Occupational Therapist

The changing role of the occupational therapist.

The purposes of this study were to identify both the role development of the occupational therapist and the factors which have influenced and directed the role changes. It was assumed that these identifications would assist both the profession and educators of occupational therapists to evaluate the trends as to how and why the profession is developing and to plan for appropriate professional a...

Characteristics of 11 occupational therapist alumnae.

The occupational therapist as a political being

In this article we argue for the development of an understanding of human occupation as being inherently political. Occupational therapy is broadly about the experience of ‘doing’ as the basis of social participation. This requires access to the means of participation: space, facilities and resources for different forms of human action, and occupational therapists need to develop an understandi...

The caring occupational therapist: scope of professional roles and boundaries.

OBJECTIVE This article links two dimensions of occupational therapy within the context of professionalism: the role of caring and the implications of occupational therapy being a predominantly female profession. METHOD Seven occupational therapists representing various levels of professional experience were interviewed to determine (a) how female occupational therapists perceive caring and (b...

The role of the occupational therapist treatment of alcoholism.

This paper presents brief mforma­ tion on the incidence of alcohol­ ism, its effects on physiological and psychosocial dysfunction, and the disease concept. j\![ ore detai led information is provided on a treatment program designed to meet the special needs of the alco­ holiC pallent, and the integral role of the occupational therapist In this program IS explained. Patients are given support to...