Culture or cult? The mythological nature of occupational therapy

Occupational Therapy International

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 188-202

  Kelly, Greg ^a   McFarlane, Heather ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL GROUP OF HOSPITALS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Culture; Myths; Narrative reasoning; Philosophy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; CULTURAL VALUE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; KNOWLEDGE; LIFE EVENT; LITERATURE; NARRATIVE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST ATTITUDE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; RELIGION;

CULTURE; HUMANS; MYTHOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PHILOSOPHY;

EID: 37349050626     PISSN: 09667903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oti.237     Document Type: Article

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