Helping cancer survivors return to work: What providers tell us about the challenges in assisting cancer patients with work questions

Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 71-77

  Bains, Manpreet ^a   Yarker, Joanna ^b   Amir, Ziv ^c   Wynn, Philip ^d   Munir, Fehmidah ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d DURHAM COUNTY COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^e LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Professional patient relations; Qualitative; Rehabilitation; Return to work facilitation; Work related advice

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLORECTAL TUMOR; COOPERATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURVIVOR; WORK;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURVIVORS; WORK;

EID: 84862266362     PISSN: 10530487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10926-011-9330-4     Document Type: Article

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