Enhanced provider communication and patient education regarding return to work in cancer survivors following curative treatment: A pilot study

Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 647-657

  Nieuwenhuijsen, Karen ^a   Bos Ransdorp, Brigitte ^b   Uitterhoeve, Lon L J ^a   Sprangers, Mirjam A G ^a   Verbeek, Jos H A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Arbo Unie Occupational Health Service   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Behavioral medicine; Neoplasms; Occupational medicine; Patient satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVOR; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMPLOYMENT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVENTION STUDY; INTERVIEW; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL PHYSICIAN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PILOT STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION; WORK RESUMPTION;

ADULT; BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PAMPHLETS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT PROJECTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SURVIVORS;

EID: 33845537761     PISSN: 10530487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10926-006-9057-9     Document Type: Article

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