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Falls prevention and the occupational therapy perspective
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The Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy
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October 1, 2003
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As I come out of retirement to return to the field of occupational therapy, I read with great interest the recent June issue of the Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy (CJOT).
When I read the article by Jill Woodland and Sandra Hobson "An Occupational Therapy Perspective on Falls Prevention Among Community Dwelling Adults," I was astonished. In the abstract the authors state: "The purpose of this paper is to review the literature regarding falls prevention for community dwelling adults from an occupational therapy perspective in order to highlight the important contributions occupational therapists could make to this functional problem. The majority of literature discussing the ...