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Experiencing one‐handedness as an occupational therapist
Author(s) -
Cotton Susan M.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
australian occupational therapy journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.595
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 1440-1630
pISSN - 0045-0766
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1630.1998.tb00796.x
Subject(s) - occupational therapy , psychology , physical therapist , psychotherapist , medicine , physical therapy , psychiatry
The author is an experienced occupational therapist who inadvertently became one handed for a 2 month period. In the present paper, the author explores her personal experience of one‐handedness, analyses the effectiveness of one‐handed techniques and gives some practical suggestions to occupational therapists working with clients who have the use of only one hand.