Dangers Inherent in the Partition of Occupational Therapy and Occupational Science

The Promise of Occupational Science: A Developmental Assessment of an Emerging Academic Discipline

“…Almost immediately, however, the nature of the discipline and its proposed relationship to occupational therapy provoked intense debate among occupational therapists (Lunt, 1997). Lunt argued that these debates primarily focused on questions related to the appropriate type of scientific inquiry that each group should engage and the extent to which the discipline and the profession should be regarded as distinct entities with differing concerns (see Carlson & Dunlea, 1995;Clark et al, 1993;Mosey 1992;. According to Kuhn (1996), developing forms of academia are characterized by such conflict and confusion.…”

What Occupational Therapists Consider to be Worth Knowing: An Analysis of Swedish Occupational Therapists' Examination Papers 1984-96

“…In spite of these signs of interest in scientific method and theory among occupational therapists in Sweden, there has been, and still is, an established resistance to theory and research among practising therapists who trained as recently as 10-15 years ago [8,9]. The Swedish occupational therapy ''research dilemma'' during this period has been a question not of the ''how'' of research, as is the case in the USA [10][11][12], but rather of initiating occupational therapy research in general and of inspiring occupational therapists to carry out research in practice. These circumstances constitute aspects of the context in which the 84 examination papers in this study were written.…”

Powerful Occupational Therapists: A Community of Professionals, 1950–1980

“…This historical dilemma continues today. Today's scholars continue to discuss the pros and cons of basic versus applied occupational therapy research and practice, echoing threads from the past (AOTF, 2000a;Clark et al, 1993;Mosey, 1993;Parham, 1998).…”