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
List of Contributors vii
Foreword ix
Preface xi
Acknowledgements xv
1 Problem Solving in Occupational Therapy 1
Linda Robertson and Siān 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 - Maori 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
