Vocational services research: Recommendations for next stage of work

Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 101-120

  Drebing, Charles E ^a   Bell, Morris ^b   Campinell, E Anthony ^a   Fraser, Robert ^c   Malec, James ^d   Penk, Walter ^e   Pruitt Stephens, Laura ^f  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e TEXAS A M COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Design; Employment; Measurement; Methodology; Outcomes; Rehabilitation; Research; Vocational rehabilitation; Vocational services; Work

Indexed keywords

METHODOLOGY; OUTCOMES; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION; VOCATIONAL SERVICES; WORK;

DESIGN; EMPLOYMENT; HUMAN REHABILITATION EQUIPMENT; MEASUREMENTS; PATIENT REHABILITATION;

RESEARCH;

COMMUNITY; EMPLOYMENT; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL VARIABLE; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH; REVIEW; SAMPLING; STANDARD; STUDY DESIGN; VOCATIONAL SERVICES RESEARCH; WORK;

DISABLED PERSONS; EMPLOYMENT; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REHABILITATION, VOCATIONAL; RESEARCH;

EID: 84857766771     PISSN: 07487711     EISSN: 19381352     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1682/JRRD.2010.06.0105     Document Type: Review

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