title: A new era in acute care.
abstract: Acute care continues to be the primary place of employment for occupational therapists. It is a challenging environment that requires the skills of our most experienced practitioners. Because the acute care hospital is likely to remain an entry point for rehabilitative care, this area of practice warrants continued attention in our professional literature. We hope this issue will stimulate therapists to write more articles, conduct more research, and develop more programs in acute care occupational therapy.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease / Q000145:classification; D006801:Humans; D009788:Occupational Therapy / Q000191:economics*; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care / Q000379:methods; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling; D014481:United States