Koori Occupational Therapy Scheme: Contributing to First Australian health through professional reflection, advocacy and action

Australian Occupational Therapy Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 50-53

  Paluch, Tamar ^a   Allen, Rebecca ^a   McIntosh, Kelli ^a   Oke, Lin ^a  

^a Koori Occupational Therapy Scheme (KOTS)   (Australia)

Author keywords

Indigenous population; Professional education; Professional organisations

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COOPERATION; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PATIENT ADVOCACY; POLITICS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; STATISTICS;

AUSTRALIA; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PATIENT ADVOCACY; POLITICS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL ROLE;

EID: 78751684081     PISSN: 00450766     EISSN: 14401630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1630.2010.00913.x     Document Type: Article

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