Reflections on: "so... what do you do?" Occupation and the construction of identity

Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 290-295

  Unruh, Anita M ^a,b  

^a Sch of Health and Human Performance   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Identity; Life purpose; Occupation (human)

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; HUMAN; IDENTITY; LEISURE; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PRODUCTIVITY; REVIEW; SELF CARE;

EID: 11144284888     PISSN: 00084174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000841740407100508     Document Type: Review

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