An occupational perspective of health / Ann A. Wilcock, PhD, BAppScOT, GradDipPH, FCOT, South Australia, Clare Hocking, PhD, MHSc(OT), AdvDipOT, DipOT, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

About the authors -- Preface -- Introduction -- Section I: Health and illness -- 1. Defining health -- 2. Evolution of health beliefs -- 3. Dominant concepts and contemporary priorities -- Section II: Occupation -- 4. An occupational theory of human nature -- 5. Defining occupation in relation to health -- 6. Occupation : doing, health and illness -- 7. Occupation : being aspects of doing -- 8. Occupation : belonging through doing -- 9. Occupation : becoming through doing -- Section III: Occupation in illness and health -- 10. Disorders of occupation -- 11. Occupation as a dynamic in health and illness -- 12. Occupation as an agent of population health -- Section IV: Occupational perspectives of health -- 13. Occupation, environment and community development -- 14. An occupational justice perspective of health -- 15. Occupation in illness prevention -- 16. Occupation, health and well-being -- Index.

"For nearly 20 years, An Occupational Perspective of Health has been a valuable text for health practitioners with an interest in the impact of what people do throughout their lives. Now available in an updated and much-anticipated Third Edition, this unique text continues the intention of the original publication: it encourages wide-ranging recognition of occupation as a major contributor to all people’s experience of health or illness. It also promotes understanding of how, throughout the world, “population health” as well as individual well-being is dependent on occupation. At international and national levels, the role of occupation in terms of the physical, mental, and social health of all individuals and populations remains poorly understood and largely overlooked as an inevitable and constant factor. An Occupational Perspective of Health, Third Edition by Drs. Ann Wilcock and Clare Hocking, in line with directives from the World Health Organization (WHO), encourages practitioners of public health, occupational therapy and others to extend current thinking and practice and embrace a holistic view of how occupation and health interact." --Publisher's website.