Work initiatives for persons with severe mental illnesses in Canada: A decade of development

Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 173-191

  Kirsh, Bonnie ^a   Krupa, Terry ^b   Cockburn, Lynn ^a   Gewurtz, Rebecca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COMMUNITY; CONSUMER; CONTENT ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; MENTAL DISEASE; OCCUPATION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION; WORK CAPACITY; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 54349121577     PISSN: 07133936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7870/cjcmh-2006-0020     Document Type: Article

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