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Dignidad ocupacional en personas con secuelas secundarias a daño neurológico severo / Occupational dignity in people with side effects to severe neurological damage
Neumann C., Vivian; Hernández P., Karla.
  • Neumann C., Vivian; Universidad Santo Tomás. Escuela de Terapia Ocupacional. Viña del Mar. CL
  • Hernández P., Karla; Universidad Santo Tomás. Escuela de Terapia Ocupacional. Viña del Mar. CL
Rev. chil. ter. ocup ; 15(2): 125-130, dic.2015.
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: lil-790594
RESUMEN
La terapia ocupacional es una disciplina socio sanitaria difícil de definir y explicar por su amplio espectro de acción, diversos autores han hecho distintas definiciones de ésta, sin embargo aún cuesta que la sociedad general entienda y conozca el significado de esta profesión, que desde un enfoque contemporáneo está centrada en la participación ocupacional de las personas. (Crepeau, 2011)Tiene como objetivo principal dotar a los individuos, organizaciones o poblaciones que interviene, de los recursos necesarios para su bienestar ocupacional, aprovechando todas las capacidades individuales, colectivas, los recursos cotidianos y el entorno para esto. Según los planteamientos de la Asociación Americana de Terapia Ocupacional, la terapia ocupacional asegura el compromiso con la justicia ocupacional (Aviles, 2010) de las personas, lo cual quiere decir, que indistinto de las características de la situación de discapacidad que presenta una persona, éstas tienen el derecho a lograr participar de las ocupaciones humanas. Esto se vincula con un concepto mayor, propio a la característica de humanidad de nuestra especie, la cual se denomina dignidad humana, a partir de estos dos términos, la experiencia clínica y académica de las autoras en intervención de personas con secuelas secundarias a daño neurológico severo, generan el concepto Dignidad Ocupacional, que hace referencia a que toda persona tiene derecho a disfrutar dignamente de experiencias ocupacionales a pesar de no contar con las destrezas de desempeño necesarias para involucrarse en ellas de manera independiente...
ABSTRACT
Occupational Therapy is a socio-health discipline which is difficult to define and explain due to its wide range of action. Several authors have defined it, however it is still hard for society to understand and know the meaning of this profession, which from a contemporary approach, is focused on the occupational participation of people (Crepeau, 2011).Its main objective is to deal with individuals, organizations and population to provide the necessary resources for their occupational welfare, taking advantage of all individual and group capacities, as well as daily resources and environment. According to the statements of the American Occupational Therapy Association , occupational therapy ensures the commitment to occupational justice (Aviles, 2010) with people , that is ,no matter the characteristics of the disability situation of a given person, she or he has the right to participate in human occupations. This goes along with a major concept that is inherent to our species human characteristic human dignity, notion based on considering a person able to offer options to improve the quality of life, independent of his or her condition When it comes to people suffering from severe neurological damage, it is often believed that they only need to satisfy their basic self-care needs, nevertheless, they are people subject to rights, worthy and who deserve equal treatment. Thus, the effort to satisfy the occupations they cannot do by themselves is what we call Occupational Dignity, concept that was born with the blending of human dignity and occupational justice...
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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Quality of Life / Occupational Therapy / Personhood / Nervous System Diseases Limits: Humans Language: Spanish Journal: Rev. chil. ter. ocup Journal subject: Occupational Medicine Year: 2015 Type: Article Affiliation country: Chile Institution/Affiliation country: Universidad Santo Tomás/CL

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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Quality of Life / Occupational Therapy / Personhood / Nervous System Diseases Limits: Humans Language: Spanish Journal: Rev. chil. ter. ocup Journal subject: Occupational Medicine Year: 2015 Type: Article Affiliation country: Chile Institution/Affiliation country: Universidad Santo Tomás/CL