Occupational Therapy Without Borders - Learning from the Spirit of the Survivors

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This book challenges occupational therapists to more fully realise their social vision of a more just society where disability, old age, and other marginalising conditions and experiences are addressed by involving people in helping themselves to (re)gain the capacity and power to construct their own destinies through participation in daily life. As well as including contributions from worldwide leaders in occupational therapy, research and practice, the voices of survivors are also heard. Linking philosophy with practical examples of engaging people in ordinary occupations as a means of enabling them to transform their own lives rather than remain dependent and marginalised, the book also describes concrete initiatives in under-served and neglected populations, questions generally accepted assumptions and key concepts of the profession, and looks at the social and political mechanisms that influence people's access to useful and meaningful occupation.

Product Code: B/OTWB
Author(s): Editors: F Kronenberg, S Simo Algado, N Pollard
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Elsevier Churchill Livingstone
ISBN: 9780443074400
Year: 2005