Human Occupation: Contemporary Concepts and Lifespan Perspectives

This comprehensive textbook provides a complete overview of human occupation concepts, perspectives, and domains/types, making it essential for occupational therapy and science students and practitioners. It includes 40 chapters, divided into five sections, and covers learning objectives, key terms, summary dot points, review questions, and additional online resources.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 628 pages
Publication date: 17 September 2024
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Occupational Therapy and Science: A Comprehensive Textbook for Students and Practitioners provides a comprehensive overview of key human occupation concepts and perspectives, covering various models of therapeutic practice and reasoning. The book is divided into five sections: Section 1: Overview of Human Occupation introduces the occupational therapy field and its conceptual landscape, including different models of therapeutic practice and practice reasoning. Section 2: Contemporary Perspectives on Human Occupation includes critical perspectives on disability and race and the philosophical foundations of occupational science. Section 3: Principal Concepts explains the conceptual language of human occupation across key person, social, psychological, physical, performance, and environmental issues. Section 4: Human Occupation across the Lifespan and Life Course covers human occupation from infancy to later adulthood. Section 5: Domains/Types of Human Occupation includes sleep, play, sexuality, social participation, education, and work. The book is uniquely international in scope, with each chapter including learning objectives, key terms, summary dot points, review questions, and a list of additional online resources for readers to refer to. Section 5 of the book can be accessed on the book's page on Routledge.com by clicking on Support Material, then the link to Routledge Resource Centre. For the PowerPoint slides, please visit the book's page on Routledge.com.

Weight: 1176g
Dimension: 245 x 175 x 42 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032214566