TY - JOUR
T1 - The Bluebirds
T2 - World war I soldiers' experiences of occupational therapy
AU - Robinson, Katie
AU - Pettigrew, Judith
AU - Moloney, Stephanie
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017, American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc. All rights reserved.
PY - 2017/1/1
Y1 - 2017/1/1
N2 - OBJECTIVE. More is known about the experience of occupational therapists than the experience of patients during the profession's early years. We examined soldiers' experiences of occupational therapy in American Base Hospital 9 in France during World War I through analysis of a 53-line poem by Corporal Frank Wren contained in the unpublished memoir of occupational therapy reconstruction aide Lena Hitchcock. METHOD. Historical documentary research methods and thematic analysis were used to analyze the poem, the memoir, and the hospital's published history. RESULTS. The poem describes the activities engaged in during occupational therapy, equipment used, and the context of therapy. It articulates positive dimensions of the experience of engaging in activities, including emotional benefits, diversion, and orthopedic benefits. CONCLUSION. Previous historical research has identified core philosophical premises about the use of occupational therapy; in this article, the enactment of these principles is established through the analysis of a soldier's account of receiving occupational therapy.
AB - OBJECTIVE. More is known about the experience of occupational therapists than the experience of patients during the profession's early years. We examined soldiers' experiences of occupational therapy in American Base Hospital 9 in France during World War I through analysis of a 53-line poem by Corporal Frank Wren contained in the unpublished memoir of occupational therapy reconstruction aide Lena Hitchcock. METHOD. Historical documentary research methods and thematic analysis were used to analyze the poem, the memoir, and the hospital's published history. RESULTS. The poem describes the activities engaged in during occupational therapy, equipment used, and the context of therapy. It articulates positive dimensions of the experience of engaging in activities, including emotional benefits, diversion, and orthopedic benefits. CONCLUSION. Previous historical research has identified core philosophical premises about the use of occupational therapy; in this article, the enactment of these principles is established through the analysis of a soldier's account of receiving occupational therapy.
KW - History, 20th Century
KW - Hospitals, Military/history
KW - Humans
KW - Military Personnel/history
KW - Narration
KW - Occupational Therapy/history
KW - Poetry as Topic
KW - World War I
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85006446465&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.5014/ajot.2017.023812
DO - 10.5014/ajot.2017.023812
M3 - Article
C2 - 28027032
AN - SCOPUS:85006446465
SN - 0272-9490
VL - 71
SP - -
JO - American Journal of Occupational Therapy
JF - American Journal of Occupational Therapy
IS - 1
M1 - 7101100010
ER -