Powerful Occupational Therapists - A Community of Professionals, 1950-1980

Informationen zum Autor Christine Olga Peters is recognized for advancing occupational therapy history. She has presented occupational therapy history internationally and at the United Nations. She received the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) and American Occupational Therapy Foundation (AOTF) Leadership Fellowship and the AOTF Certificate of Appreciation. She isalso a Fellow of AOTA. Klappentext This title examines the life and times of a small group of occupational therapy leaders and scholars in a post-1950s America! to market their profession as one of increasing importance. Zusammenfassung This book describes the personal experiences of a range of occupational therapists and identifies how a group of them strengthened and developed the profession in the face of diverse challenges in post-1950s America. This book was originally published as a special issue of Occupational Therapy in Mental Health. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword I. Changing in Response to Science II. The Study III. Community of Therapists IV. Community Groupings and Portraits V. Political Movers and Sustainers VI. The Dilemma of Philosophy and Science VII. Professionalizing: Occupational Therapy and Social Movements VIII. Occupational Therapy’s Past Influences Its Present, and Conclusion Acknowledgements

Product details

• Authors: Christine Peters, Christine (American Occupational Therapist Peters, Peters Christine
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2012
• EAN: 9780415631853
• ISBN: 978-0-415-63185-3
• No. of pages: 226
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; Rehabilitation, Sociology, MEDICAL / Health Care Delivery, MEDICAL / Allied Health Services / General, Occupational Therapy, Occupational and industrial psychology, Occupational & industrial psychology, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, Nursing management & leadership, Community nursing, Nursing management and leadership