Utopian visions/dystopian realities: Exploring practice and taking action to enable human rights and occupational justice in a hospital context

Australian Occupational Therapy Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 378-385

  Galvin, Danika ^a   Wilding, Clare ^a   Whiteford, Gail ^b  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Action research; Continuing professional development; Critical reflexivity; Enablement; Occupation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; ETHICS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; HUMAN RIGHTS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL JUSTICE; STANDARD;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

EID: 80053431090     PISSN: 00450766     EISSN: 14401630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1630.2011.00967.x     Document Type: Article

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