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
Edited by:
Linda Robertson (Otago Polytechnic University New Zealand)
Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions:
Height: 244mm,
Width: 173mm,
Spine: 9mm
Weight: 254g
ISBN: 9781405199445
ISBN 10: 140519944X
Pages: 160
Publication Date: 10 April 2012
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Primary
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Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
List of Contributors vii Foreword ix Preface xi Acknowledgements xv 1 Problem Solving in Occupational Therapy 1 Linda Robertson and Siân Griffiths 2 Abductive Reasoning and Case Formulation in Complex Cases 15 Bronwyn Thompson 3 Ethical Reasoning: Internal and External Morality for Occupational Therapists 31 Mary Butler 4 Occupational Therapists, Care and Managerialism 45 Ruth Fitzgerald 5 Context and How It Influences Our Professional Thinking 63 Susan Ryan and Carol Hills 6 The Novice Therapist 77 Linda Robertson 7 Artistry and Expertise 93 Margo Paterson, Joy Higgs and Catherine Donnelly 8 Kai Whakaora Ngangahau – Māori Occupational Therapists’ Collective Reasoning 107 Jo-Anne Gilsenan, Jane Hopkirk and Isla Emery-Whittington 9 Reasoning That Is Difficult to Articulate 129 Linda Robertson Index 137
THE EDITOR Dr Linda Robertson, Principal Lecturer, Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand
Reviews for Clinical Reasoning in Occupational Therapy
An interesting aspect reflected upon by the author is the difference in the clinical reasoning of occupational therapists when treating those from their culture and when practicing in a setting that is ethnically or linguistically different from their own. The geographical context of New Zealand, used in the example, is an ethnically diverse country where health care is provided within a mixed public/private system. Cross- cultural factors are addressed in the chapter discussing therapy services for Maori clients in New Zeland... Many different aspects of clinical reasoning are covered in this book that would interest an advanced student. ( Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy Article , 1 August 2013)