Job tenure and self-reported workplace discrimination for cancer survivors 2 years after diagnosis: Does employment legislation matter?

Health Policy

Volumn 98, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 144-155

  Paraponaris, Alain ^a,b,c   Teyssier, Luis Sagaon ^a,b,c   Ventelou, Bruno ^a,b,c,d  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIV   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c OBSERVATOIRE RÉGIONAL DE LA SANTÉ PROVENCE ALPES CÔTE D AZUR   (France)

^d Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

Cancer survivors; Employability; Job loss; Job tenure; Workplace discrimination

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SURVIVOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYABILITY; EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; LAW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURVIVORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78249257744     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2010.06.013     Document Type: Article

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