The 2009 world team of mental health occupational therapists: a resilient and dedicated workforce

World Federation of Occupational Therapists Bulletin

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 9-17

  Ceramidas, Dagmar ^a   Forn de Zita, Carmen ^a   Eklund, Mona ^a   Kirsh, Bonnie ^a  

^a The Australian National University   (Australia)

Author keywords

collaborative approach; global; resilience; Workforce retention

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649466291     PISSN: 14473828     EISSN: 20566077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/otb.2009.60.1.003     Document Type: Article

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