Returning to work following cancer: A qualitative exploratory study into the experience of returning to work following cancer

European Journal of Cancer Care

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 17-25

  Kennedy, F ^a   Haslam, C ^b   Munir, F ^b   Pryce, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adjustments; Cancer survivors; Return to work; Support

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SURVIVOR; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REHABILITATION, VOCATIONAL; SURVIVORS;

EID: 33846182932     PISSN: 09615423     EISSN: 13652354     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2354.2007.00729.x     Document Type: Article

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