Article ID: CBB001420684

Curing by doing: la poliomielitis y el surgimiento de la terapia ocupacional en Argentina, 1956--1959 (2013)

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This article analyzes the creation of the occupational therapy degree in Argentina. Privileging socio-historical construction, it examines aspects of the professionalization process, establishing relationships between the context of the 1956 poliomyelitis epidemic and the influence of gender concepts in the creation of the profession of occupational therapist. The rise of this profession in Argentina introduced the idea of curing by doing, a therapeutic approach that involved doing things as a way of mitigating the consequences of this crucial epidemic. Finally, it suggests an ongoing process of struggle and tensions with obstacles yet to be overcome in order to acquire professional autonomy and a monopoly in practice.

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Authors & Contributors
Wilson, Daniel J.
Rogers, Naomi
Privette, Lindsay Rae
Highley, Kerry
Vargha, Dora
Valobra, Adriana
Concepts
Medicine
Poliomyelitis
Therapeutic practice; therapy; treatment
Epidemics
Professions and professionalization
Public health
Time Periods
20th century
20th century, late
19th century
18th century
17th century
Places
United States
Argentina
Brazil
Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Mississippi (U.S.)
Mississippi River (North America)
Institutions
Círculo Médico Argentino
European Association against Poliomyelitis
World Health Organization (WHO)
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