The WFOT Position Paper on Community-based Rehabilitation: A Call upon the Profession to Engage with People Affected by Occupational Apartheid

World Federation of Occupational Therapists Bulletin

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 5-13

  Kronenberg, Frank ^a   Fransen, Hetty ^a   Pollard, Nick ^a  

^a SPIRIT of SURVIVORS Occupational Therapists without Borders   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

human rights; occupational development; participatory approaches; politics; professional roles

Indexed keywords

EID: 28644437198     PISSN: 14473828     EISSN: 20566077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/otb.2005.51.1.002     Document Type: Article

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