Occupational Therapy. An interpretation from Eleanor Clarke Slagle

• Rodolfo Morrison

  , Departamento de Terapia Ocupacional y Ciencia de la Ocupación Universidad de Chile, Santiago - Chile

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Occupational Therapy is a relatively new profession in different countries in Latin America, but it has more than hundred years of development in northern countries, such as the United States and Canada. Therefore, it can be understood from different perspectives and points of view. The following writing aims to make an interpretation regarding the conceptualizations that Eleanor
Clarke Slagle (1870-1942), a pioneer of the discipline, described about Occupational Therapy. To do this, a general review is made on the definition of the discipline from current and other historical documents, to then review original Slagle documents.
Thus, it realizes the possible validity of different disciplinary concepts that could be a contribution to the contemporary practice of the profession today.

1. Rodolfo Morrison, , Departamento de Terapia Ocupacional y Ciencia de la Ocupación Universidad de Chile, Santiago - Chile

   Terapeuta Ocupacional (Univ. Austral de Chile); Máster y Doctor en Lógica y Filosofía de la Ciencia (Univ. de Salamanca). Académico del Magíster en Ocupación y Terapia Ocupacional (Univ. de Chile); Presidente de la Sociedad Chilena de Ciencia de la Ocupación.
   ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2834-1646

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