Advocacy in occupational therapy: Exploring clinicians' reasons and experiences of advocacy

Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 241-248

  Dhillon, Shaminder K ^a   Wilkins, Seanne ^a   Law, Mary C ^a   Stewart, Debra A ^a   Tremblay, Mary ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Occupational therapy; Patient advocacy; Phenomenology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PATIENT ADVOCACY;

HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PATIENT ADVOCACY;

EID: 79251571144     PISSN: 00084174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2182/cjot.2010.77.4.6     Document Type: Article

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