Existentialism in Occupational Therapy: Implications for Practice,Research, and Education |
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Authors: | Ganesh M. Babulal Arun Selvaratnam Steven D. Taff |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA;2. babulalg@wustl.edu;4. Program in Occupational Therapy, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA |
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Abstract: | AbstractAs the profession of occupational therapy enters a second century, its growth in an increasingly complex and globalized world requires an adaptive and diverse philosophical foundation. The existentialist school of thought offers a complementary focus, which enhances existing philosophical foundations of the profession and supports two major tenets: (1) humans as self-making beings always in the process of becoming and (2) emotions and feelings as foundations for being-in-the-world. This article explores these two themes both in the context of existentialism and occupational therapy, and then provides an examination of existentialist utility in occupational therapy practice, research, and education. |
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Keywords: | Education existentialism philosophy practice research |
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