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Institutional Ethnography: A Method for Showing How the Context Shapes Practice.

Authors :
Townsend, Elizabeth
Source :
Occupational Therapy Journal of Research. Sum 1996 16(3):179-199.
Publication Year :
1996

Abstract

Observations and interviews over six months at seven adult mental health day programs in Canada showed how organizational context shapes occupational therapy practice. The social organization of knowledge forms an invisible controlling apparatus that constrains the empowerment of adult clients. (96 references) (JOW)

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
0276-1599
Volume :
16
Issue :
3
Database :
ERIC
Journal :
Occupational Therapy Journal of Research
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
EJ525596
Document Type :
Reports - Research<br />Journal Articles