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This chapter covers:

  • clinical reasoning processes; inductive and deductive reasoning;

  • frameworks and perspectives of practice;

  • narrative framing and case stories;

  • clinical reasoning and Occupational Therapy: the therapist with the three-track mind.

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Alsop, A., Ryan, S. (1996). Developing reasoning skills. In: Making the Most of Fieldwork Education. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-3148-1_14

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