Exploring professionalism: The professional values of Australian occupational therapists

Australian Occupational Therapy Journal

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 209-217

  Aguilar, Alejandra ^a   Stupans, Ieva ^b   Scutter, Sheila ^c   King, Sharron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Professional practice; Social values

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARD; TRUST;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LEADERSHIP; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PROBLEM SOLVING; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL VALUES; TRUST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862306644     PISSN: 00450766     EISSN: 14401630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1630.2012.00996.x     Document Type: Article

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