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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
6. The Model of Human OccupationEmbracing the complexity of occupation by integrating theory into practice and practice into theory Kirsty Forsyth and Gary Kielhofner Overview Every day, occupational therapists must…
8. The Person–Environment–Occupational Performance (PEOP) Model Charles Christiansen, Carolyn M. Baum and Julie Bass Overview This chapter summarizes the history and evolution of the Person–Environment–Occupational Performance (PEOP) Model, a model…
14. The biomechanical frame of reference in occupational therapy Ian R. McMillan Overview This chapter explains why studying a biomechanical frame of reference within occupational therapy is relevant in today’s…
