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Editorial: occupational technology: a vision for occupational therapy

✍ Scribed by Estelle B. Breines; Joseph M. Pellerito Jr

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2003
Tongue
English
Weight
47 KB
Volume
10
Category
Article
ISSN
0966-7903

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✦ Synopsis

Occupational technology (OccTech) is defined as the 'study of the complex relationships among occupation, technology and health' (Breines, 2002).

Occupational Technology is based on a theoretical foundation devoted to understanding the adaptive occupation of persons with disabilities through the use of technology, while understanding the dynamic impact of technology on the occupational health and wellness of persons of all ages and cultural origins, past, present and future; the development and maintenance of wellness and social health and in persons with disabilities in a technologically changing society. (Breines, 2002

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