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dc.contributor.authorMilbourn, Benjamin
dc.contributor.authorMcNamara, Beverley
dc.contributor.authorBuchanan, Angus
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T13:33:33Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T13:33:33Z
dc.date.created2014-05-07T20:00:21Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.identifier.citationMilbourn, Benjamin T. and McNamara, Beverley A. and Buchanan, Angus J. 2014. Understanding the episodic everyday of disrupted lives: Scoping the occupational therapy literature. Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy. 81 (3): pp. 144-153.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/32854
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/0008417414533315
dc.description.abstract

Background. The concept “everyday” appears unchallenged and problematic when applied to people who experience disrupted lives through illness or disability. Purpose. This study draws upon social and philosophical theory to review the relevance of the concept “everyday” when applied to contemporary occupational therapy and the lives of individuals who experience biographical disruption. Method. A literature review guided by a scoping framework was undertaken followed by a critical analysis drawing on Bauman to determine the frequency and meaning of the concept “everyday” used in the occupational therapy and occupational science literature. Findings. Definitions of the “everyday” are used infrequently despite recurrent use of the concept. A large proportion of literature reviewed in this manuscript does not acknowledge or discuss the philosophical and sociological influences that contribute to an understanding of the “everyday,” leaving the reader to make her or his own interpretations. Implications. Reconceptualizing lived “everyday” experience within the contextual “here and now” provides a postmodern “episodic” lens for occupational therapists working with individuals who experience biographical disruption.

dc.publisherCanadian Association of Occupational Therapists
dc.subjectSociology
dc.subjectPostmodernism
dc.subjectOccupational science
dc.subjectMental health
dc.subjectPhilosophy
dc.titleUnderstanding the episodic everyday of disrupted lives: Scoping the occupational therapy literature
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.issn0008-4174
dcterms.source.titleCanadian Journal of Occupational Therapy
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