Vocational rehabilitation: An educational review

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 856-869

  Chamberlain, M Anne ^a   Moser, Veronika Fialka ^b   Ekholm, Kristina Schüldt ^c,d   O'Connor, Rory J ^a   Herceg, Malvina ^b   Ekholm, Jan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Educational review; Effectiveness; Functional assessment; ICF; Return to work; Risk factors; Sick leave; Vocational rehabilitation; Working capacity

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; REVIEW; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION; WORK CAPACITY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICAL MEDICINE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REHABILITATION, VOCATIONAL; RISK FACTORS; SICK LEAVE; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61849163744     PISSN: 16501977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/16501977-0457     Document Type: Review

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