Returning back pain patients to work: How private musculoskeletal practitioners outside the national health service perceive their role (an interview study)

Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 322-330

  Pincus, Tamar ^a   Woodcock, Alison ^a   Vogel, Steven ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Research Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Back pain; Perceived role of practitioners; Return to work

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BACKACHE; CHIROPRACTIC; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BACK PAIN; CHIROPRACTIC; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIANS; PHYSICAL THERAPY (SPECIALTY); PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIVATE SECTOR; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SICK LEAVE;

EID: 77956498384     PISSN: 10530487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10926-009-9217-9     Document Type: Article

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