Occupational rights and critical occupational therapy: Rising to the challenge

Australian Occupational Therapy Journal

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 449-451

  Hammell, Karen Whalley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; Human rights; Structural competency

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PSYCHOLOGY;

HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY;

EID: 84955406677     PISSN: 00450766     EISSN: 14401630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1440-1630.12195     Document Type: Article

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