Meeting the Responsibility that Comes with the Privilege: Introducing a Taxonomic Code for Understanding Occupation

Polatajko, Helene J.; Davis, Jane A.; Hobson, Sandra; Landry, Jennifer E.; Mandich, Angela; Street, Susan L.; Whippey, Elizabeth; Yee, Susan H.

doi:10.1177/000841740407100503

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“…In one sense this can be compared with our findings, according to which the Swedish term ''aktivitet'' was found to be more personal and dynamic than ''sysselsättning''. The use of a hierarchical dimension between the words occupation, activity, and other related terms has been presented earlier (9,10). The results in the present study did not demonstrate such a hierarchical order, instead using dimensions of the concept ''occupation''.…”

Section: Semantic Review Of Swedish Wordscontrasting

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“…It would appear to be vitally important therefore to determine the best term to use when translating occupation and related terms into Swedish in order to facilitate communication and avoid misunderstandings among colleagues, other healthcare professionals, and patients (10). The aims of this study were to explore the intended meaning of the terms ''occupation'', ''activity'', ''doing'', and ''task'' used in international occupational therapy literature and from this perspective explore which Swedish terms best capture these meanings.…”

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An integrative review combined with a semantic review to explore the meaning of Swedish terms compatible with occupation, activity, doing and task

Ivarsson

Müllersdorf

2008

Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy

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The aims of this study were to explore the intended meaning of the terms "occupation", "activity", "doing", and "task" used in international occupational therapy literature and from this perspective explore which Swedish terms best capture these meanings. A literature review of occupational therapy-related journals was performed to gain a basic understanding of the term occupation and related terms. In addition, a semantic review was used: English and Swedish dictionaries were reviewed to explore the semantic meaning of the English terms "occupation", "activity", "doing", and "task", and the Swedish terms "aktivitet", "syssla/sysselsättning", "görande", and "uppgift". A comparison was also performed by searching for parallels between the results of the literature review, the semantic definitions of the English and Swedish terms and the comprehensive meaning of the Swedish terms aktivitet and syssla/sysselsättning. An overarching idea of the concept of occupation was found in the literature review and for the purposes of this study we have identified this as Occupation for survival. From this overarching idea, three themes were identified: The feature of occupation, Impact of occupation and Occupation an occupational therapy concept. Each theme could be subdivided into sub-themes. The Swedish term aktivitet was found to have more power, strength, and spirit connected to the synonyms found in the semantic analysis than to those connected with the Swedish term syssla/sysselsättning. According to the findings in this study we found that the term "aktivitet" is the best comparable term in Swedish to the English term "occupation".

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Section: Semantic Review Of Swedish Wordscontrasting

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

An integrative review combined with a semantic review to explore the meaning of Swedish terms compatible with occupation, activity, doing and task

Ivarsson

Müllersdorf

2008

Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy

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“…This is relatively consistent with Christiansen and Baum (1) or Polatajko, et al (25) which tend to see higher orders of occupation as being more complex than lower orders (26). However, the ValMO model's use of macro, meso, and micro levels offers a relative simplification of this ordering as a heuristic less bound to the pitfalls associated with taxonomic classifications of occupation (27).…”

Section: A Model Of Occupational Value and Meaningsupporting

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Reliability and structural validity of an assessment of occupational value

Eakman

Eklund

2010

Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy

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“…moving around, getting up and down from a horse when riding, or fine hand use such as in holding a golf club or playing the trumpet. Daily activities are performed in a complex pattern, unique to the each individual [48]. According to Erlandsson and Eklund [49], the pattern of daily activities is dominated by main actions in combination with other interwoven activities performed at the same time, automatically or not.…”

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Dilemmas of participation in everyday life in early rheumatoid arthritis: a qualitative interview study (The Swedish TIRA Project)

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Östlund

Thyberg

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Disability and Rehabilitation

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Meeting the Responsibility that Comes with the Privilege: Introducing a Taxonomic Code for Understanding Occupation

Cited by 42 publications

References 14 publications

An integrative review combined with a semantic review to explore the meaning of Swedish terms compatible with occupation, activity, doing and task

An integrative review combined with a semantic review to explore the meaning of Swedish terms compatible with occupation, activity, doing and task

Reliability and structural validity of an assessment of occupational value

Dilemmas of participation in everyday life in early rheumatoid arthritis: a qualitative interview study (The Swedish TIRA Project)

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