The influence of western society's construction of a healthy daily life on the conceptualisation of occupation

Journal of Occupational Science

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 62-80

  Kantartzis, Sarah ^a,b   Molineux, Matthew ^c  

^a LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Occupation; Social constructionism; Theory; Western society

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958132577     PISSN: 14427591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14427591.2011.566917     Document Type: Article

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