Clinical Reasoning in Occupational Therapy
Controversies in Practice
1. Edition April 2012
160 Pages, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
Short Description
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
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
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
