Therapy and function: an issue of professional direction
Faust, L.
American Journal of Occupational Therapy Official Publication of the American Occupational Therapy Association 33(11): 725-727
1979
ISSN/ISBN: 0272-9490 PMID: 517365 Document Number: 154199
The author argues that occupational therapy is erring in its trends toward separating functional skills from overall well-being as therapeutic goals. Instead of only a means toward an end, task performance should be seen as a major factor, giving value to the life of either the disturbed or the healthy individual.