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 * problemsolving framework * questions at the end of each chapter * commentaries on key topics * relates theory to practice

InhaltsangabeList 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 JoAnne Gilsenan, Jane Hopkirk and Isla EmeryWhittington 9 Reasoning That Is Difficult to Articulate Linda Robertson Index

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