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Occupational Therapy in Australia
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Part I: The Australian context

1. An introduction to occupational therapy in an Australian context

2. Australia’s health and health care system

3. History of Australian occupational therapy

4. The role of occupational therapy professional associations and regulatory bodies in Australia

5. The scope of practice of occupational therapists in Australia: roles, responsibilities, and relationships

6. Values and philosophy of occupational therapy

7. Ethical and legal responsibilities of occupational therapy practice

8. Occupational therapy in population health and health promotion

Part II: Professional issues

9. Skills for effective communication in occupational therapy practice

10. Working with clients: client-centred practice

11. Decolonising occupational therapy through a strengths-based approach

12. Occupational science in Australia

13. The education of occupational therapists in Australia: academic education and practice education

14. Research in occupational therapy

15. Evidence-based practice in occupational therapy

16. Clinical reasoning in occupational therapy practice

17. Occupational therapy models of practice

Part III: Practice issues

18. Fundamentals of occupational therapy: understanding the environment

19. The occupational therapy practice process

20. Core business: task, activity and occupation analysis

21. Understanding human occupations: self-care, productivity, leisure, play, education, sleep, and social participation

22. The development of occupations across the lifespan

23. Occupational therapy practice contexts

24. Emerging professional practice areas: focus on technology

25. Occupational therapy assessment

26. The role of occupational therapy in primary health care in Australia

27. Occupational therapy practice in regional, rural & remote Australia

28. Population and community occupational therapy practice and project management in Australia

29. Advocacy, promotion, leadership and entrepreneurship in the occupational therapy profession in Australia

30. Looking forward: occupational therapy in Australia’s future

About the Author

Ted Brown is Professor and Undergraduate Course Convenor in the Department of Occupational Therapy at the School of Primary & Allied Health Care, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University—Peninsula Campus, Frankston, Victoria, Australia.

Helen M. Bourke-Taylor is Associate Professor and Research Honours Course Coordinator in the Department of Occupational Therapy, School of Primary & Allied Health Care, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University—Peninsula Campus, Frankston, Victoria, Australia.

Stephen Isbel is Associate Professor & Discipline Lead of Occupational Therapy in the Faculty of Health at the University of Canberra Hospital, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.

Reinie Cordier is Professor of Child Mental Health, Welfare and Wellbeing in the Department of Social Work, Education and Community Wellbeing, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, at Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.

Louise Gustafsson is Professor of Occupational Therapy in the School of Allied Health Sciences and the Hopkins Centre, at Griffith University, Nathan Campus, Queensland, Australia.

Reviews

"This is a text that will have many editions and document the evolution of the profession for decades to come." - Professor Carolyn M. Baum, School of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis, USA"Truly a valuable resource for all Australian occupational therapy students and practitioners." - Professor Jenny Ziviani, Children's Allied Health Research, The University of Queensland, Australia

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