TY - JOUR
T1 - PROFESSIONAL STEREOTYPES
T2 - HOW OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS AND NURSES PERCEIVE THEMSELVES AND EACH OTHER
AU - Westbrook, Mary T.
PY - 1978
Y1 - 1978
N2 - Occupational therapists (56) and nurses (56) rated their own and each other's professions on 30 attributes. Both held each other in high esteem. Occupational therapists were perceived as more interested in intellectual problems, innovative, snobbish, better looking and likely to have wealthier families and to be less organised, kind and nurturing, and resistant to change, to gossip less and enjoy parties less than nurses. Both groups saw their own profession as more sensitive in evaluating medical problems, having more sense of humour, being less impersonal and more interested in people. Results were compared with past research findings to consider whether there was any truth in these stereotypes. 1978 Occupational Therapy Australia Limited
AB - Occupational therapists (56) and nurses (56) rated their own and each other's professions on 30 attributes. Both held each other in high esteem. Occupational therapists were perceived as more interested in intellectual problems, innovative, snobbish, better looking and likely to have wealthier families and to be less organised, kind and nurturing, and resistant to change, to gossip less and enjoy parties less than nurses. Both groups saw their own profession as more sensitive in evaluating medical problems, having more sense of humour, being less impersonal and more interested in people. Results were compared with past research findings to consider whether there was any truth in these stereotypes. 1978 Occupational Therapy Australia Limited
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1440-1630.1978.tb00668.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1440-1630.1978.tb00668.x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84990518263
SN - 0045-0766
VL - 25
SP - 12
EP - 17
JO - Australian Occupational Therapy Journal
JF - Australian Occupational Therapy Journal
IS - 4
ER -