The 1970 report of the Ontario Committee on the Healing Arts was examined as a political act which influenced the education of occupational therapists in Ontario. The subsequent actions taken by CAOT and OSOT in reaction to the recommendations of this Committee were investigated. Through a discussion of these issues it is shown how politics has an impact on the profession of occupational therapy. The author poses general solutions associated with politically influenced concerns of therapists.
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