Pomerantz P, Flannery E L, Findling P K
Am J Occup Ther. 1975 Aug;29(7):407-11.
The role of occupational therapy in a multi-disciplinary approach to treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is described in this paper in terms of the evaluation and implementation of the role in the general hospital settings of two neighboring Cleveland institutions. Cleveland is a heavily industrialized urban region with a high concentration of patients suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Motivated by this fact and by the knowledge of the increasing incidence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the United States, therapists at the two facilities wanted occupational therapy to become an intrinsic part of both the Lutheran Medical Center's outpatient demonstration program and St. John's Hospital's pulmonary rehabilitation team. Although of differing natures, these programs were similar in purpose, complementing one another and therefore enhancing the quality of rehabilitative care of the patient with a chronic lung disease within this geographic area.
本文根据克利夫兰市相邻的两家机构在综合医院环境中对职业治疗作用的评估与实施，描述了职业治疗在慢性阻塞性肺疾病多学科治疗方法中的作用。克利夫兰是一个高度工业化的城市地区，患有慢性阻塞性肺疾病的患者高度集中。受这一事实以及美国慢性阻塞性肺疾病发病率不断上升这一认知的推动，这两家机构的治疗师希望职业治疗能成为路德医疗中心门诊示范项目和圣约翰医院肺部康复团队的固有组成部分。尽管这些项目性质不同，但目的相似，相互补充，从而提高了该地理区域内慢性肺病患者的康复护理质量。
