Political Dimensions of Occupation and the Roles of Occupational Therapy

From: The American Journal of Occupational Therapy | Date: November 1, 2006| Author: Kronenberg, Frank; Pollard, Nick | Copyright information

This article was taken from Frank Kronenberg's plenary session presentation given at the 2006 Annual Conference & Expo of the American Occupational Therapy Association, held in Charlotte, North Carolina, April 27-30, 2006.

In June 2005, American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) President Carolyn Baum approached me [the first author] at the annual conference of the College of Occupational Therapists in Eastbourne, England, with the words, "You may be aware of the fact that we...

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