Health professionals' attitudes and practices in relation to functional capacity evaluations

Work

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 81-87

  James, Carole ^a   Mackenzie, Lynette ^a   Higginbotham, Nick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Functional capacity evaluation; Occupational rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; JOB ANALYSIS; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHENOMENOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION; WORK CAPACITY; WORK RESUMPTION; WORKPLACE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PHYSICAL THERAPY (SPECIALTY); PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION;

EID: 34548240810     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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