Sickness certification in primary care - The physician's role

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 137, Issue 23-24, 2007, Pages 341-346

  Bollag, Ueli ^a,b,e   Rajeswaran, Anand ^c   Ruffieuxf, Christiane ^c,d   Burnand, Bernard ^c,d  

^a Swiss Sentinel Surveillance Network (SSSN)   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^d LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^e NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Sickness absence; Sickness certification; Swiss Sentinel Surveillance Network

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PEDIATRICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWITZERLAND; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 34447327271     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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