Supporting Sustainability: A Philosophical Analysis of Certain Assumptions Underlying Occupational Therapy.
Marie-Josée Drolet, Valérie Lafond
PMID 39962756WHAT IT FOUND
No finding to act on.
This is a philosophical essay about the ideas underneath occupational therapy, not a study of patients or treatments.
What this paper is
This is a philosophical essay, grown out of two conference presentations by the authors, arguing that five core concepts of the profession (person, occupation, environment, health and justice) carry assumptions that make sustainability hard to build into occupational therapy practice. It reports no patients, no interventions and no outcomes. There is no finding here to act on; it is an argument about how the profession thinks, not evidence about what works.
The easy way to misread this
Do not treat this essay's conclusions as evidence about practice. Its authors read and argued about 14 key texts; they did not test anything with therapists or clients, and nothing here tells you whether changing your practice would help anyone.
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