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Occupational Therapy Values and Beliefs: PART IV: A Time of Professional Identity, 1970-1985-Would the Real Therapist Please Stand Up?

This fourth in a series continues the process of identifying and organizing the beliefs, values, and ideas gleaned from the historical foundations of the profession.

"The value system which underlies our therapeutic practice with...clients is often in conflict with our values regarding what the...profession ought to do...to have a greater impact upon society" (p. 26).1

In this 1979 quote, Elizabeth Yerxa is suggesting that the profession of occupational therapy needs to place the same value and effort on promoting the profession to society as it does on tending to the needs of clients. She is referring to the value that occupational therapists place on clients actively participating in ...

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