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Occupational Therapy in Australia
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Professional and Practice Issues
This ground-breaking text provides a comprehensive guide to the occupational therapy profession in Australia, from the profession’s role in the health care system to the broad scope and nature of its practice.
Product overview
The book is organised into three sections: the Australian context; professional issues and practice issues. Contributions from 80 Australian occupational therapists working in education, research, policy and practice bring together the most relevant and up-to-date information in this essential book. The authors begin the Australian environment section with an overview of the Australian health care system, a history of occupational therapy in Australia and the role of Australian occupational therapy professional associations and regulatory bodies. The values and philosophy of occupational therapy, ethical and legal aspects of practice and the role of occupational therapy in population health and health promotion are considered next. The professional issues covered in the book include using effective communication skills, client-centred practice principles and a strength-based approach when working with individuals, families, groups, communities, organisations and populations. Additional topics, including occupational science, the education of occupational therapists, research in occupational therapy, evidence-based practice clinical reasoning and occupational therapy models of practice, are also covered in the middle section of the book.
Occupational Therapy in Australia: Practice and Process Issues is established as the essential practice reference for students, practitioners and educators in Australia. This second edition has been revised and updated throughout and includes new chapters on communication skills, environmental aspects of occupational therapy practice and decolonising occupational therapy through a strength-based approach to practice.
Table of Contents
Part I: The Australian contextÂ
1. An introduction to occupational therapy in an Australian context
By Helen Bourke-Taylor, Ted Brown, Stephen Isbel, Reinie Cordier & Louise Gustafsson
2. Australia’s health and health care system
By Stephen Isbel, Maggie Jamieson, & Craig Greber
3. History of Australian occupational therapy
By Anne Cusick & Rosaline Bye
4. The role of occupational therapy professional associations and regulatory bodies in Australia
By Lynne Adamson, Rebecca Allen, Julie Brayshaw, Samantha Hunter, Adam Lo, Carol McKinstry, & Anita Volkert
5. The scope of practice of occupational therapists in Australia: roles, responsibilities, and relationships
By Kieran Broome & Ann Kennedy-Behr
6. Values and philosophy of occupational therapy
By Alison Wicks
7. Ethical and legal responsibilities of occupational therapy practice
By Angus Buchanan, Dave Parsons, & Ben Milbourn
8. Occupational therapy in population health and health promotion
By Carolynne White, Kate Gledhill & Mong-Lin Yu
Part II: Professional issuesÂ
9. Skills for effective communication in occupational therapy practice
By Luke Robinson, Andrea Robinson & Annette Peart
10. Working with clients: client-centred practice
By Priscilla Ennals & Ellie Fossey
11. Decolonising occupational therapy through a strengths-based approach
By Jade Ryall, Tirritpa Ritchie, Corrine Butler, Ashleigh Ryan & Chontel Gibson
12. Occupational science in Australia
By Mandy Stanley, Matthew Molineux & Gail Whiteford
13. The education of occupational therapists in Australia: academic education and practice education
By Louise Farnworth, Mary Kennedy-Jones & Mong-Lin Yu
14. Research in occupational therapy
By Helen Bourke-Taylor, Ted Brown, & Lisa O’Brien
15. Evidence-based practice in occupational therapy
By Reinie Cordier & Sarah Wilkes-Gillan
16. Clinical reasoning in occupational therapy practice
By Justin Scanlan, Jennie Brentall & Carolyn Unsworth
17. Occupational therapy models of practice
By Merrill Turpin & Jenniffer Garcia
Part III: Practice issuesÂ
18. Fundamentals of occupational therapy: understanding the environment
By Tammy Aplin, Emma Crawford & Desleigh de Jonge
19. The occupational therapy practice process
By Louise Gustafsson, Stephen Isbel & Alexandra Logan
20. Core business: task, activity and occupation analysis
By Lynette Mackenzie, Gjyn O’Toole & Louise Gustafsson
21. Understanding human occupations: self-care, productivity, leisure, play, education, sleep, and social participation
By Ted Brown, Aislinn Lalor, Luke Robinson, & Alana Hewitt
22. The development of occupations across the lifespan
By Reinie Cordier, Annette Joosten, Kylie Wales & Lindy Clemson
23. Occupational therapy practice contexts
By Annette Joosten, Susan Darzins, Geneviève Pépin, Natalie Roche, Liana Cahill & Rosamund Harrington
24. Emerging professional practice areas: focus on technology
By Marina Ciccarelli, Helen Bourke-Taylor, Claire Morrisby, Ian Cheok, Libby Callaway, Lisa O’Brien & Amy Barrett-Lennard
25. Occupational therapy assessment
By Ted Brown & Helen Bourke-Taylor
26. The role of occupational therapy in primary health care in Australia
By Annette Peart, Emma George, Kylie Vogt, & Tahnee Elliot
27. Occupational therapy practice in regional, rural & remote Australia
By Monica Moran, Carol McKinstry & Michael Curtin
28. Population and community occupational therapy practice and project management in Australia
By Lisa Knightbridge, Susan Gilbert-Hunt & Nerida Hyett
29. Advocacy, promotion, leadership and entrepreneurship in the occupational therapy profession in Australia
By Michelle Bissett, Sylvia Rodger, Dave Parsons, Angus Buchanan & Angela Berndt
30. Looking forward: occupational therapy in Australia’s future
By Ted Brown, Helen Bourke-Taylor, Stephen Isbel, Reinie Cordier & Louise Gustafsson
Critics’ Reviews
“This is a text that will have many editions and document the evolution of the profession for decades to come.” – Professor Carolyn M. Baum, School of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis, USA
“Truly a valuable resource for all Australian occupational therapy students and practitioners.” – Professor Jenny Ziviani, Children’s Allied Health Research, The University of Queensland, Australia
