Raising awareness of hegemony in occupational therapy: The value of action research for improving practice

Australian Occupational Therapy Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 293-299

  Wilding, Clare ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute services; Management and professional issues; Organisational behaviour; Practice service settings; Professional education related; Reflective practice

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; COOPERATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RECORDING; STANDARD; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TRUST;

AWARENESS; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NEW SOUTH WALES; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; TAPE RECORDING; TRUST;

EID: 79960556273     PISSN: 00450766     EISSN: 14401630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1630.2010.00910.x     Document Type: Article

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