Respectful encounters and return to work: Empirical study of long-term sicklisted patients' experiences of Swedish healthcare

BMJ Open

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Lynöe, Niels ^a   Wessel, Maja ^a   Olsson, Daniel ^b   Alexanderson, Kristina ^a   Helgesson, Gert ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Unit of Biostatistics   (Sweden)

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EID: 80055041349     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2011-000246     Document Type: Article

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