Judging without criteria? Sickness certification in Dutch disability schemes

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 497-514

  Meershoek, Agnes ^a   Krumeich, Anja ^a   Vos, Rein ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Accountability; Ethnography; Expert decision making; Objectifying procedures; Sickness certification

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; DECISION MAKING; DISABILITY; DISABLED PERSON; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; INSURANCE; INTERVIEW; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOLOGY; STATISTICS; WORK CAPACITY;

DECISION MAKING; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, DISABILITY; INTERVIEWS; JUDGMENT; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION;

EID: 34247595899     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2007.01009.x     Document Type: Review

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