A comparison of disability management practices in Australian and Canadian workplaces

Work

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 31-41

  Westmorland, Muriel G ^a   Buys, Nicholas ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disability management; Injury management; Integrated return to work programs; Workplace accommodation

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; EMPLOYER; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; POLICY; PRODUCTIVITY; SOCIAL ASPECT; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION; WELLBEING; WORK DISABILITY; WORKER; WORKMAN COMPENSATION; WORKPLACE;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; DISABLED PERSONS; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; REHABILITATION, VOCATIONAL;

EID: 4544318500     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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