Physiotherapy Otherwise is part of a long project designed to diagnose the profession of physiothearpy. It is part of a growing body of work in the new field of critical physiotherapy; a field that has been growing in groups like the Critical Physiotherapy Network for nearly a decade now. The book that preceded it — The End of Physiotherapy — used critical historical research to explore how we had arrived at this point in the profession’s history. Physiotherapy Otherwise comes at today’s problems from a different direction, drawing on over a century of sociology to explain what the professions are, what’s good about them, and what’s bad. There are library shelves full of … [Read more...] about What is Physiotherapy Otherwise?
CPN Digest #168
Something for the weekend: Mitigating the environmental impact of NSAIDs - physiotherapy as a contribution to one health and the SDGs Kinetic atmospheres What factors promote or inhibit altruism in organisations: A case study in healthcare Distinguishing Health from Pathology Mattering bodies in a mattering world The role of philosophy in the development and practice of nursing: Past, present and future Lived Experiences of Ableism in Academia: Strategies for Inclusion in Higher Education (book review) Brain Death as the End of a Human Organism as a Self-moving Whole Time to reconsider what Global Burden of Disease studies really tell us about low back pain Don’t Downplay … [Read more...] about CPN Digest #168
New book – Physiotherapy Otherwise – is on the way!
Four years in the writing and 20 years in the making, the book-length follow up to The End of Physiotherapy is on the way. And best of all, it will be entirely free to download. The four blinded peer reviewers have described the book as ‘exemplary’, ‘highly original’, 'the single most important book in physiotherapy since physiotherapy’, a '‘must read’ for all physiotherapists’, and 'a groundbreaking, timely, and beautifully executed book’. Physiotherapy Otherwise is a book about the sociology of physiotherapy. It takes readers through a century of writing on the sociology of the professions, and shows how this literature - almost entirely ignored by physiotherapists to date - can … [Read more...] about New book – Physiotherapy Otherwise – is on the way!