Clinical Reasoning in Occupational Therapy

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

List of Contributors vii

Foreword ix

Preface xi

Acknowledgements xv

1 Problem Solving in Occupational Therapy 1
Linda Robertson and Siân 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 – Māori 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

THE EDITOR
Dr Linda Robertson, Principal Lecturer, Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand