Book review: The Kawa Model, Culturally Relevant Occupational Therapy

Review contributed by Antonette Owen

Title: The Kawa Model, Culturally Relevant Occupational Therapy
Author: Dr. Michael Iwama, PhD MSc BScOT BSc
Associate Professor, Dept. of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, University of Toronto, Canada
Book Information: Publisher: Churchill Livingstone Elsevier, 2006
ISBN- 13: 978-0-443-10234-9, 10: 0 443 10234 1
Paperback 241 pages
Price: R592.44 (current special price at Kalahari.com)

© SA Journal of Occupational Therapy
South African Journal of Occupational Therapy — Volume 39, Number 2, August 2009
book.

Aim of the book: The Aim of the book is to explore the cultural relevance of current conceptual models in occupational therapy and to introduce the Kawa model as a culturally relevant conceptual model for practice.

Link to the original article: http://www.scielo.org.za/pdf/sajot/v39n2/06.pdf