The practice experience of evangelical Christian occupational therapists

Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 285-292

  Bray, Kaelen E ^a,b   Egan, Mary Y ^c   Beagan, Brenda L ^b  

^a Carefor Health and Community Services   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Christianity; Clinical reasoning; Professional boundaries; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELIGION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CANADA; FEMALE; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROTESTANTISM; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SPIRITUALITY;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84875668826     PISSN: 00084174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2182/cjot.2012.79.5.4     Document Type: Article

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