A new approach in vocational rehabilitation in Iceland: Preliminary report

Work

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 3-8

  Siggeirsdóttir, Kristín ^a,b   Alfreosdottir, Unnur ^a   Einarsdóttir, Guorún ^a   Jónsson, Brynjólfur Y ^c  

^a Janus Rehabilitation   (Iceland)

^b ICELANDIC HEART ASSOCIATION   (Iceland)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Education; Multidiscipline team work; Vocational therapy; Vocational training; Work; Work rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; ICELAND; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PSYCHOLOGIST; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL WORKER; TASK PERFORMANCE; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION;

ADULT; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ICELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE TEAM; QUALITY OF LIFE; REHABILITATION, VOCATIONAL;

EID: 0842281866     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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