The role of communication and support in return to work following cancer-related absence

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1078-1085

  Yarker, J ^a   Munir, F ^b   Bains, M ^b   Kalawsky, K ^b   Haslam, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cancer; communication; employment; rehabilitation; support

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMPATHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MANAGER; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PATIENT GUIDANCE; PATIENT MONITORING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL SUPPORT; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; WORK CAPACITY; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION; EMPATHY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; REHABILITATION, VOCATIONAL; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVORS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 78649478491     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1662     Document Type: Article

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