The Cost and Benefits of Employment: A Qualitative Study of Experiences of Persons with Multiple Sclerosis

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 201-209

  Johnson, Kurt L ^a   Yorkston, Kathryn M ^a   Klasner, Estelle R ^a   Kuehn, Carrie M ^a   Johnson, Erica ^b   Amtmann, Dagmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Disabled persons; Employment; Fatigue; Multiple sclerosis; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISABLED PERSON; EMPLOYMENT; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; STRESS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0842321067     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9993(03)00614-2     Document Type: Article

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