Employment and work-related issues in cancer survivors

Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 109-130

  Mehnert, Anja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cancer; Employment; Survivorship; Work; Work ability

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; AGE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER FATIGUE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVOR; CAREER MOBILITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYABILITY; EMPLOYER; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; JOB STRESS; MEDICAL LEAVE; MENTAL INSTABILITY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETIREMENT; REVIEW; SALARY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNEMPLOYMENT; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION; VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION; WORK CAPACITY; WORK DISABILITY; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORK RESUMPTION; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKING TIME;

EMPLOYMENT; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVIVORS;

EID: 78751606163     PISSN: 10408428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2010.01.004     Document Type: Review

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