Practice practice pointer assessing fitness for work and writing a "fit note"

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 341, Issue 7784, 2010, Pages 1213-1215

  Coggon, David ^a   Palmer, Keith T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; FITNESS; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REVIEW; ARTICLE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; MEDICAL LEAVE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED;

GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; SICK LEAVE;

EID: 78649844369     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.c6305     Document Type: Review

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