Open AccessOccupations and Activities: A Revisit of Occupational Therapy's Core Values in the Local Context
Author(s) -
Samuel Chan
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
hong kong journal of occupational therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.301
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 1876-4398
pISSN - 1569-1861
DOI - 10.1016/s1569-1861(07)70005-0
Subject(s) - occupational therapy , multidisciplinary approach , context (archaeology) , rehabilitation , psychology , occupational science , medicine , medical education , psychotherapist , physical therapy , sociology , social science , psychiatry , history , archaeology
No one argues whether specific occupational therapy services or occupational therapy as a part of multidisciplinary rehabilitation are effective. But when recent systematic reviews (Legg, Drummond & Langhorne, 2006; Steultjens et al., 2005) debate what elements of occupational therapy make it effective, the writer of this article, who is currently the chairperson of the Hong Kong Occupational Therapy Association, feels that it is time to revisit the core values of our profession, which may be of interest to our fellow occupational therapists in Hong Kong