Self-care, productivity, and leisure, or dimensions of occupational experience? Rethinking occupational "categories"

Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 107-114

  Hammell, Karen Whalley ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Occupation; Theory; Well being

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; LEISURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PRODUCTIVITY; SELF CARE;

EID: 66749152015     PISSN: 00084174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000841740907600208     Document Type: Article

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