Supervisors' responses to sickness certification for an episode of low back pain: Employees' personal experiences

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 33, Issue 19-20, 2011, Pages 1728-1736

  Wrapson, Wendy ^a   Mewse, Avril J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Low back pain; return to work; sickness certification; work supervisors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; SICK LEAVE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 80052061102     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638288.2010.544836     Document Type: Article

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