Occupational science: A stock take of accumulated insights

Abstract

This article examines the diversity of scholarship associated with occupational science to date, particularly focusing on literature published within the Journal of Occupational Science and in occupational therapy journals. The potential contribution of Strauss’s 1993 Theory of Action is also highlighted. The achievements of occupational science are analysed, from the perspective of understanding the elements of occupation, occupational processes and the relationship of occupation to other phenomenon such as health. Based on this analysis, potentially fruitful future research directions are identified. That different directions would have become evident had occupational science been analysed from other perspectives is strongly acknowledged. © 2000, Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. All rights reserved.