Victims twice over: Perceptions and experiences of injured workers

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 30-48

  Beardwood, Barbara A ^a   Kirsh, Bonnie ^b   Clark, Nancy J ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Compensation process; Injured workers; Participatory research; Return to work

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; VICTIM; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION; WORK RESUMPTION; WORKER; WORKMAN COMPENSATION; ADULT; COOPERATION; ECONOMICS; INJURY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PEER GROUP; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PEER GROUP; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REHABILITATION, VOCATIONAL; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; WORKERS' COMPENSATION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 16644362794     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732304268716     Document Type: Article

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