Workplace support for employees with cancer

Current Oncology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 15-22

  Nowrouzi, Behdin ^a,b   Lightfoot, N ^a,c,d   Cote, K ^e   Watson, R ^f  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^c LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e NORTHERN ONTARIO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Canada)

^f SUDBURY REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Employees with cancer; Employer assistance; Return to work; Workplace support

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; WORK RESUMPTION; WORKPLACE;

EID: 70350707967     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17187729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3747/co.v16i5.381     Document Type: Article

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