Main description:

Clinical Reasoning in Occupational Therapy is a key text for occupational therapy students and practitioners. Written by an internationally renowned group of clinicians, educators and academics and with a central case study running throughout, the book covers the theory and practice of the following key topics: Working and Thinking in Different Contexts; Teaching as Reasoning; Ethical Reasoning; Diversity in Reasoning; Working and Thinking within 'Evidence Frameworks'; Experience as a Framework; The Client. FEATURES * includes case studies * problem-solving framework * questions at the end of each chapter * commentaries on key topics * relates theory to practice

Contents:

List of Contributors vii Foreword ix Preface xi Acknowledgements xv 1 Problem Solving in Occupational Therapy 1 Linda Robertson and Sian Griffiths 2 Abductive Reasoning and Case Formulation in Complex Cases 15 Bronwyn Thompson 3 Ethical Reasoning: Internal and External Morality for Occupational Therapists 31 Mary Butler 4 Occupational Therapists, Care and Managerialism 45 Ruth Fitzgerald 5 Context and How It Influences Our Professional Thinking 63 Susan Ryan and Carol Hills 6 The Novice Therapist 77 Linda Robertson 7 Artistry and Expertise 93 Margo Paterson, Joy Higgs and Catherine Donnelly 8 Kai Whakaora Ngangahau Ma- ori Occupational Therapists Collective Reasoning 107 Jo-Anne Gilsenan, Jane Hopkirk and Isla Emery-Whittington 9 Reasoning That Is Difficult to Articulate 129 Linda Robertson Index 137