ABSTRACT Introduction Occupational justice concept is defined as the equal access and participation in all occupations, including resources required for opportunities social inclusion. not only remains conceptually ambiguous occupational therapy practice but also lacks critical examination of its applicability to non-Western cultures. Objective This article describes reflexive process exercised...

SH: There is a common narrative among interns and residents. We work crazy hours. We often feel like we’re in over our heads and don’t know what we’re doing. And yet, somehow, we are expected to be taking good care of very sick patients, among the sickest in our cities. While being a first-year intern is well understood to be overwhelming, one of the most significant challenges is rarely discus...

Commentators have criticised the terminology used for the classification of ethnic and racialised groups in health research for a number of years. The shortcomings of fixed-response categories include the reproduction of racialised categorisations, overemphasis of homogeneity within groups and contrast between them, and failure to offer terms with which people identify and which can express com...

PURPOSE This manuscript will provide a review of the literature and a report on the findings of a qualitative study that explored the lived experiences of people with borderline personality disorder (BPD). It also offers resources designed to empower healthcare professionals to provide timely and accurate referrals, diagnosis, or collaborative management of BPD in primary care. DATA SOURCES R...

Collaging invites the twists and turns of meaning-making insight. This Reflexive Inquiry illuminates collages nine artist women celebrates potency harnessing Creative Consciousness through meditation, collaging, dialogue. We aim for balance between juxtaposing evocative imagery, poetic rendering, responding with creative critical social justice understanding, humility in this undertaking to evo...

In 1966 the US Congress passed the National Historic Preservation Act. Its intent: to ensure that the values embedded in historic buildings, archaeological sites, and other important places of the past honored all Americans in ways that would inspire and motivate present and future generations. In the intervening 50 years, archaeologists have diligently discovered, documented, analyzed, and cur...

The term culturally-informed care, unlike trauma-informed care, may be relatively new to service providers (i.e. direct caregivers, therapists, etc.) and other professionals working with people with mental health issues or persons with disabilities. However, its necessity may be dated back to the beginning of the human service field when individuals may have resided in asylums or suffered other...

Despite social movements in favor of equality in health care, fiscal and political realities often lead to inequality: that is, those with the resources and skills to navigate the health care system and to access care remain well, while the “have-nots” retain an increased disease burden [1]. As Cynthia Jones proposes, such health disparities “are morally problematic because they exemplify and a...

Offering support for global charities has become practically part of the contemporary celebrity job description and a hallmark of the established star. Locating the expansion of this phenomenon within the post-Fordist cultural turn, this paper explores how public displays of support for ‘‘the afflicted’’ can be a way for celebrities to appear to raise their profile above the zone of the crudely...