The therapy of power and the power of therapy

Exploring the power balance in physiotherapy

“…Robinson, 1978;Ogden, 1996), nursing (Brown, 1993;Hewison, 1995;Sully, 1996;May, 1995;Gilbert, 1995;Turnball, 1994;Sines, 1993) and occupational therapy (Crepeau, 1991;Lyons, 1994;Peloquin, 1990Peloquin, , 1993. Additionally, there is a wealth of information in the fields of psychotherapy and family therapy (Bosch, 1988;Chapmans, 1993;Levold, 1988;Ludewig, 1988;Nichols, 1993;Owen, 1995;Puskar and Hess, 1986;Simon, 1993). In marked contrast, the discipline of physiotherapy appears not to have engaged in this area and is not represented directly within the literature base to any substantial extent (Williams and Harrison, 1999).…”