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| Analysis of therapist definitions of culture | | Author(s) | Maureen H Fitzgerald, Peter Williamson, Colleen Mullavey-O'Byrne |
| Journal title | Physical & Occupational Therapy in Geriatrics, vol 15, no 4, 1998 |
| Pages | pp 41-66 |
| Source | Haworth Document Delivery Center, Haworth Press, Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580, USA. |
| Keywords | Occupational therapy ; Physiotherapy ; Attitudes to the old of general public ; Social structure ; Australia. |
| Annotation | Although there is a growing familiarity with the concept of "culture", there are inconsistencies in its definition and use. Furthermore, culture has become a ready - but not necessarily accurate - explanation for many problems in health settings. The authors suggest that one reason the attention to culture has not had a greater impact on the quality of health care is because many have an inadequate understanding of the concept. This paper presents an analysis of definitions given by 86 occupational therapists and 20 physiotherapists. It explores how practising therapists define and articulate the concept, and it compares their definitions with those from health science students discussed in an earlier paper (Physical & Occupational Therapy in Geriatrics, vol 14, no 1, 1996, pp 67-89). The authors' analyses suggest that although both groups tend to use a materialist definition, there are differences in their understandings of culture. Three potential explanations are considered: methodological; differences in the occupational roles of students and therapists; and historical. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990225219 A |
| Classmark | LOH: LOA: TOB: TM: 7YA |
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