Abstract
Ever since the occupational therapy profession emerged in the 1910s, it has had to explain itself to the world of medicine and to the public. The word therapy seems to have been understood easily; the word occupation has been more troublesome. In the early part of the 20th century, with its new focus on science and medicine, many interpreted it to mean "vocational." But to the early occupational therapists it meant more than that. They took a holistic approach to health care, believing that, to achieve good health, a patient had to engage the body, mind, and spirit in the process of healing.
For occupational therapists, today's world parallels that of a century ago. By studying the legacy of experience left by the profession's founders and immediate successors, readers can learn about their creativeness under dire conditions, which produced concepts and ideas that can enlighten us today. This book offers substantial knowledge and inspiration that enhances our competence, understanding, and courage.
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Table of Contents
Occupational Therapy History: The First 30 Years, 1900 to 1930 (Adoption Review)
- Contents vii8
- Acknowledgments xi12
- Foreword 118
- Introduction. The First Generation of Occupational Therapists 1128
- Part I. The Rise of Occupational Therapy 2946
- 1. "The Jane Addams of Occupational Therapy": Eleanor Clarke Slagle and Women's Work in the Age of Reform 3350
- 2. Psychiatry: The Medical Birthplace of Occupational Therapy 5168
- 3. Nurses for Invalid Occupations: Susan E. Tracy and the Expansion of Occupational Therapy 6986
- 4. A Patient at Work Is a Patient Half Cured: Herbert James Hall, the Arts and Crafts Movement, and Early Occupational Therapy Theory 91108
- 5. Education of "the Handicapped": Occupational Therapy and Physical Rehabilitation Before World War I 113130
- Part II. World War I and Occupational Therapy 143160
- Part III. Stabilization and Standardization in the 1920s 203220
- Part IV. Seeing Is Believing: Exhibitions and Photographs 259276
- Index 283300