A Voice in the OT Wilderness

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Phoenix Rising October 26, 2009 4:44 PM by OTCM: "What strategies are occupational therapists interested in mental health going to develop to both assert the field as an effective treatment and practice it as such?" This question was posed by an OT student in her comments on my assertion that advocacy Read More...
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Po-tay-toe, Po-tah-toe...Tuber September 21, 2009 5:36 PM by OTCM: What strategies do you use to remind yourself to use person-centered language in your professional communication? I still see the word "patient" used a lot in the health care literature, even though the concept of "person-centered service" is becoming Read More...
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Busting at the seams February 17, 2009 7:31 AM by OTCM: The aim is not to attain the goals proposed, but the processes above all. - Herbert de Souza [1] What are some advocacy and occupational justice [2] issues raised by the example of OTs (and Case Managers) encountering clients living in A Labyrinth? [3] Read More...
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Who determines "health"? (pun intended) December 9, 2008 10:36 AM by OTCM: "[Despite twenty years of living with life-threatening illnesses,] I've come to think of myself as the picture of health.... Is this delusional? Perhaps.... [B]ut where there's been disease there has also been triumph." - Kim Lute, My Turn - Newsweek Read More...
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