Mary Ann McColl

Jerome Edmund Bickenbach

This clear and concise text provides an introduction to the concept of disability, and explores the experiences and consequences of it. International experts discuss the role of service providers in relation to people with disabilities, and thoroughly examine the relationship between a person with a disability and his or her social and physical environment. Offers concrete and practical suggestions for people who work with people with disabilities.

Introduction to Disability

Forlagets beskrivelse: This book is meant to serve as a resource to occupational therapists, students, educators, researchers, colleagues from other disciplines, inside and outside Canada. It is intended to highlight the relationship between spirit, occupation and health, and to elaborate the role of spirituality in working with people with disabilities and working in health care settings. This book invites readers to be intentional in their use of spirituality, and to be explicit about how they are using terms, measures, interventions and outcomes. It suggests a number of conceptual and practical approaches. It acknowledges the cultural location of spirituality, attempting to ensure at all times that language and concepts are inclusive and welcoming. The book includes contributing authors from a number of disciplines, including chaplains, social workers, psychologists, theologians, and occupational therapists. It also draws on the literature from medicine, nursing, psychology, anthropology, theology and philosophy. By combining a variety of perspectives, this book offers a rich, textured, multidimensional view of spirituality, health and occupation. The book is set out in five parts: Introduction and context, Concepts and definitions, Conceptual models, Application of spiritual concepts in practice, and Personal reflections and recommendations.

Spirituality and Occupational Therapy

Wendy E. Pentland

M. Powell Lawton

Andrew S. Harvey

This collection demonstrates the use and variety of applications of time use methodology from multidisciplinary, multinational, and multicultural perspectives. A distinguished roster of contributors from such fields as psychology, occupational therapy, sociology, economics, and architecture examines the complex relationship between human time utilization and health and well-being and evaluates the future of time use analysis as a research tool in the social sciences.

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