PMID- 2969193
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19880818
LR  - 20190516
IS  - 0272-9490 (Print)
IS  - 0272-9490 (Linking)
VI  - 42
IP  - 5
DP  - 1988 May
TI  - Attitudes of occupational therapy personnel toward persons with disabilities.
PG  - 305-11
AB  - The study described in the following article investigated the attitudes of 
      occupational therapy personnel toward persons with disabilities. The examination 
      involved attitudes in general as measured by the Scale of Attitudes Toward 
      Disabled Persons (SADP) (Antonak, 1981), specific attitudes toward infants with 
      Down's syndrome, beliefs concerning the importance of favorable attitudes toward 
      patients, and beliefs concerning the role of the American Occupational Therapy 
      Association (AOTA) in the development of ethical guidelines for the delivery of 
      health care services. The results of a survey of 619 occupational therapy 
      personnel indicate that they hold a very favorable attitude toward persons with 
      disabilities, and that they believe that a negative attitude would adversely 
      affect the therapeutic relationship. The majority agree that the expression of a 
      favorable attitude should be a criterion in student selection. The majority also 
      agree that AOTA should develop position papers on ethical issues and take a 
      public position on issues pertinent to the rights of the disabled person. 
      Occupational therapy personnel proved to be very homogeneous on the general 
      attitudinal scale. However, the Down's syndrome scenario uncovered significant 
      differences among the different categories of respondents in the variables for 
      professional level, area of practice, years of practice, and geographic location. 
      A majority of respondents agreed that is is unethical to withhold needed surgery 
      from a child because of disability. However, they differed on the ethics of 
      aborting a fetus with Down's syndrome (most thought it was unethical).
FAU - Benham, P K
AU  - Benham PK
AD  - Occupational Therapy Department, College of Saint Catherine, St. Paul, Minnesota 
      55105.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - United States
TA  - Am J Occup Ther
JT  - The American journal of occupational therapy : official publication of the 
      American Occupational Therapy Association
JID - 7705978
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - *Attitude of Health Personnel
MH  - *Disabled Persons
MH  - Down Syndrome/rehabilitation
MH  - Ethics, Professional
MH  - Female
MH  - Health Planning Guidelines
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Occupational Therapy/*psychology
MH  - Societies
MH  - United States
MH  - Withholding Treatment
OID - KIE: 28154
OTO - KIE
OT  - American Occupational Therapy Association
OT  - Empirical Approach
OT  - Professional Patient Relationship
GN  - KIE: KIE BoB Subject Heading: patient care
GN  - KIE: Full author name: Benham, Patricia K
EDAT- 1988/05/01 00:00
MHDA- 1988/05/01 00:01
CRDT- 1988/05/01 00:00
PHST- 1988/05/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1988/05/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1988/05/01 00:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.5014/ajot.42.5.305 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Am J Occup Ther. 1988 May;42(5):305-11. doi: 10.5014/ajot.42.5.305.