Future Considerations and Conclusion

Sharon A. Gutman; Ted Brown

doi:10.4324/9781003504610-35

Future Considerations and Conclusion

Sharon A. Gutman, Ted Brown

Occupational Therapy

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Abstract

Humans are occupational beings and are shaped by the occupations to which they have access in a society. Access to occupational participation is commonly influenced by such social factors as race, ethnicity, socioeconomic and educational levels, gender, and gender orientation. Occupational participation is also influenced by occupations that are sanctioned and censured by the larger society in which humans live. This concluding chapter explores the social issues that impact occupational participation in Western society, including systemic racism, social intolerance, colonization, gender inequality, homophobia, agism, mental health stigmatization, and biased health care systems. It is anticipated that future occupational therapists will attempt to equalize disparities in health and social care delivery through bias-free strategies, inviting service recipients to be collaborators instead of passive receivers of care, providing services within the community to increase care accessibility, and addressing mental health challenges in all practice settings.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Human Occupation
Subtitle of host publication	Contemporary Concepts and Lifespan Perspectives
Editors	Ted Brown , Stephen Isbel, Louise Gustafsson, Sharon Gutman, Diane Powers Dirette, Bethan Collins, Tim Barlott
Place of Publication	London, United Kingdom
Publisher	Routledge
Chapter	31
Pages	593-606
Number of pages	14
Edition	1st
ISBN (Electronic)	9781003504610
ISBN (Print)	9781032214566, 9781032824642
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003504610-35
Publication status	Published - 2025

Keywords

human occupation
occupational therapy
occupational science
racism
agism
mental illness
occupational injustice
gender inequality
gender disparity
patriarchal oppression
social intolerance
cultural insensitivity
occupational access
occupational participation
occupational dissonance

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Human Occupation: Contemporary Concepts and Lifespan Perspectives
Brown, T. (ed.), Isbel, S. (ed.), Gustafsson, L. (ed.), Gutman, S. (ed.), Powers Dirette, D. (ed.), Collins, B. (ed.) & Barlott, T. (ed.), 2025, 1st ed. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. 676 p.
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