Vocational rehabilitation services for people with multiple sclerosis: What patients want from clinicians and employers

Multiple Sclerosis

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1183-1189

  Sweetland, J ^a   Riazi, A ^a,b   Cano, S J ^a   Playford, E D ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Multiple sclerosis; Service delivery; Vocational rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMPLOYER; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; JOB ADAPTATION; LAW; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION; WORK ENVIRONMENT; DISABLED PERSON; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; DISABLED PERSONS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, RELAPSING-REMITTING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREJUDICE; REHABILITATION, VOCATIONAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 39549111107     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1352458507078414     Document Type: Article

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