OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY PROFESSION DROPOUTS
- 31 August 1982
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Occupational Therapy in Mental Health
- Vol. 2 (2) , 45-55
- https://doi.org/10.1300/j004v02n02_04
Abstract
The emotional process of clinical practice and the loss of expected rewards may offer an explanation for short clinical careers. Occupational therapists as they develop in their careers may experience unconscious, aversive, affective responses to the difficulties encountered with those who have severe, chronic disabilities. Additionally, they may acquire "stigma by association" and form empathetic identifications with their client's feelings of loss. The "grief process" stages, as outlined by Kubler-Ross, are employed in this article to understand the affective responses by students and therapists as they develop professionally.Keywords
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