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Author:   Ted Brown ,  Helen M. Bourke-Taylor (Monash University, Australia) ,  Stephen Isbel ,  Reinie Cordier
Publisher:   Allen & Unwin
Imprint:   A&U Academic
Edition:   2nd edition
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9781760877446

ISBN 10:   1760877441
Pages:   420
Publication Date:   19 April 2021
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Part I: The Australian context 1. An introduction to occupational therapy in an Australian context 2. Australia’s health and health care system 3. History of Australian occupational therapy 4. The role of occupational therapy professional associations and regulatory bodies in Australia 5. The scope of practice of occupational therapists in Australia: roles, responsibilities, and relationships 6. Values and philosophy of occupational therapy 7. Ethical and legal responsibilities of occupational therapy practice 8. Occupational therapy in population health and health promotion Part II: Professional issues 9. Skills for effective communication in occupational therapy practice 10. Working with clients: client-centred practice 11. Decolonising occupational therapy through a strengths-based approach 12. Occupational science in Australia 13. The education of occupational therapists in Australia: academic education and practice education 14. Research in occupational therapy 15. Evidence-based practice in occupational therapy 16. Clinical reasoning in occupational therapy practice 17. Occupational therapy models of practice Part III: Practice issues 18. Fundamentals of occupational therapy: understanding the environment 19. The occupational therapy practice process 20. Core business: task, activity and occupation analysis 21. Understanding human occupations: self-care, productivity, leisure, play, education, sleep, and social participation 22. The development of occupations across the lifespan 23. Occupational therapy practice contexts 24. Emerging professional practice areas: focus on technology 25. Occupational therapy assessment 26. The role of occupational therapy in primary health care in Australia 27. Occupational therapy practice in regional, rural & remote Australia 28. Population and community occupational therapy practice and project management in Australia 29. Advocacy, promotion, leadership and entrepreneurship in the occupational therapy profession in Australia 30. Looking forward: occupational therapy in Australia’s future

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This is a text that will have many editions and document the evolution of the profession for decades to come. - Professor Carolyn M. Baum, School of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis, USA Truly a valuable resource for all Australian occupational therapy students and practitioners. - Professor Jenny Ziviani, Children's Allied Health Research, The University of Queensland, Australia

This is a text that will have many editions and document the evolution of the profession for decades to come. - Professor Carolyn M. Baum, School of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis, USA Truly a valuable resource for all Australian occupational therapy students and practitioners. - Professor Jenny Ziviani, Children's Allied Health Research, The University of Queensland, Australia

"""This is a text that will have many editions and document the evolution of the profession for decades to come."" - Professor Carolyn M. Baum, School of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis, USA ""Truly a valuable resource for all Australian occupational therapy students and practitioners."" - Professor Jenny Ziviani, Children's Allied Health Research, The University of Queensland, Australia"

Author Information

Ted Brown is Professor and Undergraduate Course Convenor in the Department of Occupational Therapy at the School of Primary & Allied Health Care, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University—Peninsula Campus, Frankston, Victoria, Australia. Helen M. Bourke-Taylor is Associate Professor and Research Honours Course Coordinator in the Department of Occupational Therapy, School of Primary & Allied Health Care, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University—Peninsula Campus, Frankston, Victoria, Australia. Stephen Isbel is Associate Professor & Discipline Lead of Occupational Therapy in the Faculty of Health at the University of Canberra Hospital, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. Reinie Cordier is Professor of Child Mental Health, Welfare and Wellbeing in the Department of Social Work, Education and Community Wellbeing, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, at Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom. Louise Gustafsson is Professor of Occupational Therapy in the School of Allied Health Sciences and the Hopkins Centre, at Griffith University, Nathan Campus, Queensland, Australia.

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