Rethinking Rehabilitation: Theory and Practice

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Kathryn McPherson is a professor of rehabilitation and director of the Centre for Person Centred Research, Health and Rehabilitation Research Institute at Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand. She has a nursing and psychology background, obtaining her PhD from the University of Edinburgh, UK. Dr. McPherson's research focuses on developing a better understanding of, and response to, what matters most to clients and their family. Recent projects include living well with a long-term condition, measuring what matters, quality of care, informing rehabilitation by psychological approaches, engagement in rehabilitation, and enhancing understanding of theory in rehabilitation. Dr. McPherson uses both qualitative and quantitative approaches latterly enjoying the application of participatory designs and a focus on implementation science.

Barbara E. Gibson is an associate professor in the Department of Physical Therapy at the University of Toronto and a senior scientist at the Bloorview Research Institute, where she holds the Bloorview Children's Hospital Foundation Chair in Childhood Disability Studies. She is a physiotherapist who earned a PhD in bioethics and medical sciences from the University of Toronto. Dr. Gibson's transdisciplinary research investigates how key principles (e.g. disability, normality, in/dependence) underpinning rehabilitation and societal constructions of disability intersect in producing health, inclusion/exclusion, and identity with disabled children and youth. Her work has examined key areas of health practices and policies including transitions to adulthood, independent living, optimizing activity participation, and understanding relationships between technology, identity, and social inclusion.

Alain Leplege is a professor in the Faculty of Life Sciences at the Universite Paris Diderot in Paris, France. He is a psychiatrist by training and earned a PhD in ph