Care and occupational therapy: what kind of care definition do we have?
Care can mean different things to different people. Often, it is understood as referring to professional actions associated with an individualistic approach. In the context of healthcare, it is usually understood as a professional action, referring to service provision. In occupational therapy, th...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Portuguese |
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Universidade Federal de São Carlos
2019-09-01
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| Series: | Cadernos Brasileiros de Terapia Ocupacional |
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| Online Access: | http://www.cadernosdeterapiaocupacional.ufscar.br/index.php/cadernos/article/view/2463/1185 |
| Summary: | Care can mean different things to different people. Often, it is understood as referring to professional actions
associated with an individualistic approach. In the context of healthcare, it is usually understood as a professional
action, referring to service provision. In occupational therapy, the definition of care is not well explored. Drawing
on sociological and anthropological literature, we performed a non-systematic literature review to problematize
the definition of care and its application in occupational therapy. Defining care as an expression of social support,
a fundamental attribute for maintaining life and the basis for the development of essential components of social
life, we discuss four of its dimensions: the biomedical, the person-centred, the tacit, and the collective. We argue
that occupational therapy, historically, has been aligned with biomedical care and has made moves towards the
person-centred dimension. We argue that occupational therapists should explore ways to articulate all four care
dimensions of care to inform their practice. |
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| ISSN: | 2526-8910 2526-8910 |