Left behind in the return-to-work journey: Consumer insights for policy change and practice strategies

Work

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 277-287

  Korzycki, Monica ^a   Korzycki, Martha ^a   Shaw, Lynn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Barriers; Consumer driven strategies; Facilitators; Knowledge transfer; Return to work

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUNDED THEORY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WORK DISABILITY; WORK RESUMPTION;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; CANADA; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REHABILITATION, VOCATIONAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 44449135200     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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