Reviews for The Making of Rehabilitation: A Political Economy of Medical Specialization, 1890-1980

The average rating for The Making of Rehabilitation: A Political Economy of Medical Specialization, 1890-1980 based on 2 reviews is 2.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2014-05-30 00:00:00 Thomas Wojtowicz LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this model of practice

Review # 2 was written on 2008-10-27 00:00:00 Carol Gardiner This is simultaneously a dense and highly accessible book that deepens notions of illness narratives within health care. I especially appreciated Mattingly's weaving in of 'real life' stories of therapeutic interactions between occupational therapists and rehabilitation patients who are negotiating their way to some sort of healing. What I found somewhat irritating and forced in places was Mattingly's insistence on drawing parallels between these healthcare setting clinical narrative dramas/rituals and those of 'primitive' exotic (to us) communities in remote areas of the world. I realize that Mattingly is a medical anthropologist and probably feels compelled to honor her scholarly lineage, but I felt it detracted from the strength of her arguments.