How Hand Therapists’ Words Affect the Therapeutic Relationship
14 How Hand Therapists’ Words Affect the Therapeutic Relationship William S. Graff Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me.” Remember that little ditty from…
Perspectives on Pain
12 Perspectives on Pain Jeffrey Cowdry Pain is common to most of the patients that we treat. It is easy to develop a calloused attitude toward pain when you treat…
Using Dance in Hand Therapy
18 Using Dance in Hand Therapy Marietta Tartaglia Long before the dawn of history, long before man could sing or even speak, he danced. Moving to his own internal rhythms,…
Personality Type and Patient Education in Hand Therapy
17 Personality Type and Patient Education in Hand Therapy∗ Joel Moorhead, Cynthia Cooper and Patricia Moorhead The MedlinePlus Medical Dictionary defines “personality” as “the complex of characteristics that distinguishes an…
Clients with Functional Somatic Syndromes or Challenging Behavior
15 Clients with Functional Somatic Syndromes or Challenging Behavior Joel F. Moorhead and Cynthia Cooper Clients with Functional Somatic Syndromes A functional somatic syndrome (FSS) is defined as a physical…
Assessment of Functional Outcomes
8 Assessment of Functional Outcomes Rebecca von der Heyde and Kelly Droege Client-centered care is a high priority in the health professions. The commonly used subjective, objective, assessment, and plan…
Narratives in Hand Therapy
16 Narratives in Hand Therapy∗ Cynthia Cooper Statement of the Problem: The Illness Experience Clinicians and patients do not always use the same end points to define the patient’s recovery…
Roles of Therapy Assistants in Hand Therapy
10 Roles of Therapy Assistants in Hand Therapy Cynthia Cooper The managed care system affects all health care fields, including hand therapy. One result of this change in the approach…
Some Thoughts on Professionalism
11 Some Thoughts on Professionalism Cynthia Cooper Sincerity is the most important thing… learn to fake that, and you’ve got it made. —From The Human Stain, by Philip Roth, New…
The Kawa (River) Model
10. The Kawa (River) Model Kee Hean Lim and Michael K. Iwama Overview In the pursuit of providing meaningful and relevant occupational therapy with an increasingly diverse global clientele, occupational…
