General practitioners' use of sickness certificates

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 580-585

  Roope, Richard ^a   Parker, Gordon ^b   Turner, Susan ^c  

^a The Whiteley Surgery   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL PRESTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cost of sickness; General practice; Occupational medicine; Sickness absence duration; Sickness certification

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; EMPLOYER; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

CERTIFICATION; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICK LEAVE; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION;

EID: 70849103771     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqp147     Document Type: Article

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