Clinical Reasoning in Occupational Therapy

1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-4051-9944-5
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, 160 Seiten, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 315 g

Clinical Reasoning in Occupational Therapy is a key text for occupational therapy students and practitioners.

Written by an internationally renowned group of clinicians, educators and academics and with a central case study running throughout, the book covers the theory and practice of the following key topics: Working and Thinking in Different Contexts; Teaching as Reasoning; Ethical Reasoning; Diversity in Reasoning; Working and Thinking within 'Evidence Frameworks'; Experience as a Framework; The Client.

FEATURES
* includes case studies
* problem-solving framework
* questions at the end of each chapter
* commentaries on key topics
* relates theory to practice

Autoren/Hrsg.

Robertson, Linda

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Physiotherapie, Physikalische Therapie Ergotherapie, Kreativtherapie (z. B. Kunst, Musik, Theater)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Contributors

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgements

1 Problem Solving in Occupational Therapy

Linda Robertson and Siân Griffiths

2 Abductive Reasoning and Case Formulation in Complex Cases

Bronwyn Thompson

3 Ethical Reasoning: Internal and External Morality for Occupational Therapists

Mary Butler

4 Occupational Therapists, Care and Managerialism

Ruth Fitzgerald

5 Context and How It Influences Our Professional Thinking

Susan Ryan and Carol Hills

6 The Novice Therapist

Linda Robertson

7 Artistry and Expertise

Margo Paterson, Joy Higgs and Catherine Donnelly

8 Kai Whakaora Ngangahau - Maori Occupational Therapists' Collective Reasoning

Jo-Anne Gilsenan, Jane Hopkirk and Isla Emery-Whittington

9 Reasoning That Is Difficult to Articulate

Linda Robertson

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Dr Linda Robertson is Principal Lecturer in the Occupational Therapy Department at Otago Polytechnic University in New Zealand.