The experience of job stress and burnout in occupational therapy has received only scant
attention in the literature, although occupational therapists (OTs) share a number of …

Background Health‐care expenditure is rapidly increasing in Australia with increasing
pressure on health‐care services to review processes, improve efficiency and ensure equity …

Newly qualified health care practitioners generally have high expectations of practice.
Stress, value conflict and role uncertainty ('reality shock') can result where such expectations …

This study reports from a survey investigating psychiatric occupational therapists'(n= 292)
use of verbal interaction on a regular basis with their clients. Among predefined areas of …

This article, the second in a series of two on job stress in occupational therapy, reports the
results of 30 semi-structured interviews with a random sample of occupational therapists …

This pilot study measured the effectiveness of using origami to improve the overall hand
function of outpatients attending an NHS hand injury unit. The initiative came from one of the …

The current economic and political climate within the National Health Service is demanding
improvements in quality of service provision with increased throughput at lower unit cost. It is …

The hterature available indicates that dressing difficulties after stroke are common and
persistent. Previous studies have documented dressing abiUty but none have investigated …

In this first article of a series of four, the focus is on outlining the perception of authors who
are concerned with the acquisition of professional expertise. This work is related to the …

As a consequence of the development of psychiatric care in Sweden, occupational
therapists have adapted their roles to changing practice settings. The aim of this study was …