Cancer survivors' and employers' perceptions of working following cancer treatment

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 611-617

  Grunfeld, E A ^a   Low, E ^a   Cooper, A F ^b  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Employer; Patient; Perceptions; Return to work

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SURVIVOR; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKPLACE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURVIVORS; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649783868     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqq143     Document Type: Article

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