New
Occupational Therapies Without Borders,
Edition 3 Integrating Justice with PracticeEditors: Edited by Nick Pollard, PhD, MA, MSc, DipCOT, FHEA, Ana Paula Serrata Malfitano, Dikaios Sakellariou, PhD, MSc, BSc, FHEA and Sarah Kantartzis
Publication Date:
12 Jun 2026
Conformance
-
PDF/UA-1
-
The publication contains a conformance statement that it meets the EPUB Accessibility 1.1, WCAG 2.1, Level AA standard. Please see https://bornaccessible.benetech.org/certified-publishers/ for further details of our compatibility testing.
-
The publication was certified on 20250728
-
Accessibility addendum
-
The certifier's credential is https://bornaccessible.benetech.org/certified-publishers/
-
For detailed accessibility information, see Elsevier’s website at https://www-elsevier-com.ucc.idm.oclc.org/about/accessibility
-
Compatibility tested
-
For queries regarding accessibility information, contact [email protected]
Ways Of Reading
-
This e-publication is accessible to the full extent that the file format and types of content allow, on a specific reading device, by default, without necessarily including any additions such as textual descriptions of images or enhanced navigation.
-
Short alternative textual descriptions
-
Information-rich images are described by extended descriptions
-
All contents of the digital publication necessary to use and understanding, including any text, images (via alternative descriptions), video (via audio description) is fully accessible via suitable audio reproduction.
Navigation
-
The contents of the PDF have been tagged to permit access by assistive technologies as per PDF-UA-1 standard.
-
Index with links to referenced entries
-
Page breaks included from the original print source
Additional Accessibility Information
-
All (or substantially all) textual matter is arranged in a single logical reading order (including text that is visually presented as separate from the main text flow, e.g., in boxouts, captions, tables, footnotes, endnotes, citations, etc.). Non-textual content is also linked from within this logical reading order. (Purely decorative non-text content can be ignored).
-
The language of the text has been specified (e.g., via the HTML or XML lang attribute) to optimise text-to-speech (and other alternative renderings), both at the whole document level and, where appropriate, for individual words, phrases or passages in a different language.
-
For readers with color vision deficiency, use of color (e.g., in diagrams, graphics and charts, in prompts, or on buttons inviting a response) is not the sole means of graphical distinction or of conveying information
-
Content is enhanced with ARIA roles to optimize organization and facilitate navigation
-
Where interactive content is included in the product, controls are provided (e.g., for speed, pause and resume, reset) and labelled to make their use clear.
-
WCAG v2.2
Product Content
-
Content includes any type of illustrations.
-
The primary content is text.
-
Content includes maps and/or other cartographic content.
-
Content includes a significant number of actionable (clickable) web links to external content, downloadable resources, supplementary material, etc.
-
Content includes a significant number of actionable (clickable) cross-references, hyperlinked notes and annotations, or with other actionable links between largely textual elements (e.g., quiz/test questions, ‘choose your own ending’, etc.).
-
Content includes supplementary text as promotional content such as, for example, a teaser chapter.
-
Content includes photographs, whether in a plate section / insert or not.
-
Content includes figures, diagrams, charts and/or graphs, including other ‘mechanical’ (i.e. non-photographic) illustrations.
-
Content includes a significant number of web links (printed URLs, QR codes etc.).
-
Text within images
-
Product includes actionable (clickable) links to external interactive content.
Note
-
This product relies on 3rd party tooling which may impact the accessibility features visible in inspection copies. All accessibility features mentioned would be present in the purchased version of the title.
Since its first edition in 2005, Occupational Therapies Without Borders has been a key text in many of the world’s leading occupational therapy education programs. It focuses on how occupational therapists can affect positive societal change through nurturing participation parity and engagement in occupation.
This book comprehensively covers theory, methodology and practice in the context of working with different cultures and geographies. It explores occupational therapy and social class, race, disability, marginality and sexuality from a critical theory perspective, and discusses practical approaches.
The book has been fully revised to reflect emerging concerns for occupational therapy in different and health and social systems globally. It will motivate undergraduate and postgraduate occupational therapy students to explore the transformative potential of their practice.
Key Features
- Includes contributions from internationally leading experts across a range of geographical, political and linguistic contexts
- Presents an international range of innovative ideas, theory and approaches to occupational therapy education and practice
- Emphasises the importance of critically deconstructing and engaging with the broader context of occupation, particularly around how occupational injustices are shaped through political, economic and historical factors
- Contributes to a decentralisation of knowledge and a recognition of anglophone education bias, feeding into the current debates about decolonisation and intersectionality in educational curricula
- New to this edition
- Updated content on current and future concerns, including Black Lives Matter, queer rights, COVID-19, increasing political polarisation and the rise of populism, and stresses in health and social care systems
- New content on critical theory and how it can be utilised as a tool towards a more reflexive, politically-engaged occupational therapy
- New chapters discussing concepts including social class, race, disability, marginality, and sexuality
About the author
Edited by Nick Pollard, PhD, MA, MSc, DipCOT, FHEA, Senior Lecturer in Occupational Therapy, College of Health, Wellbeing and Life Sciences, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, UK; Ana Paula Serrata Malfitano, Professor, Postgraduate Program in Occupational Therapy, Occupational Therapy Department, Federal University of São Carlos, Brazil; Dikaios Sakellariou, PhD, MSc, BSc, FHEA, Associate Professor, European University Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus and Sarah Kantartzis, Honorary Professor, Division of Occupational Therapy and Arts Therapies, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, UK
ISBN:
9780443109676
Page Count:
472
Retail Price
:
Undergraduate occupational therapy students; Postgraduate occupational therapy students; Occupational therapists
Related Titles
New
Early’s Physical Dysfunction Practice Skills for the Occupational Therapy Assistant
Patnaude & Howland
New
Applied Pathophysiology for Occupational Therapy: A Guide for Clinical Decision Making
Michaels, Stevens, Rezadoost &
Occupational Therapy for People Experiencing Illness, Injury or Impairment
Curtin, Egan, Prior, Parnell, Ga