Return to work after cancer in the UK: Attitudes and experiences of line managers

Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 435-442

  Amir, Ziv ^a   Wynn, Phil ^b   Chan, Fong ^c   Strauser, David ^d   Whitaker, Stuart ^e   Luker, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM COUNTY COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CUMBRIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Cancer survivors; Employment; Line managers; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM; POLICY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURVIVOR; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKPLACE;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; DATA COLLECTION; EMPLOYMENT; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURVIVORS; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951723398     PISSN: 10530487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10926-009-9197-9     Document Type: Article

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