The personal and workplace factors relevant to work readiness evaluation following acquired brain injury: Occupational therapists' perceptions

Brain Injury

Volumn 24, Issue 7-8, 2010, Pages 948-958

  Stergiou Kita, Mary ^a   Yantzi, Amber ^b   Wan, Jeffrey ^b  

^a Graduate Department of Rehabilitation Science   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brain injureies; Employment; Rehabilitation; Return to work; Vocational; Work assessment

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED BRAIN INJURY; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITION; COMPENSATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURE; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MOTIVATION; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK MANAGEMENT; WORK CAPACITY; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 77953629425     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: 1362301X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02699052.2010.491495     Document Type: Article

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