Poor communication between health professionals is a barrier to rehabilitation

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 246-248

  Sawney, Philip ^a   Challenor, John ^a  

^a Department for Work and Pensions ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; EDITORIAL; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; STRESS; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION; WELLBEING; WORK CAPACITY; WORK DISABILITY; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

DELPHI TECHNIQUE; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; REHABILITATION, VOCATIONAL;

EID: 0038053112     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqg065     Document Type: Editorial

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