Do clinicians working within the same context make consistent return-to-work recommendations?

Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 367-377

  Ikezawa, Yoko ^a   Battié, Michele C ^a   Beach, Jeremy ^a   Gross, Douglas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Musculoskeletal; Reliability; Return to work recommendations; Work disability prevention; Workers' compensation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONVALESCENCE; DISABILITY; DISABLED PERSON; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; ALBERTA; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; WORKPLACE;

EID: 77956906208     PISSN: 10530487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10926-010-9230-z     Document Type: Article

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