Delicate dances: Immigrant workers' experiences of injury reporting and claim filing

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 267-290

  Kosny, Agnieszka ^a,b   MacEachen, Ellen ^a,b   Lifshen, Marni ^a   Smith, Peter ^a,b   Jafri, Gul Joya ^a   Neilson, Cynthia ^a   Pugliese, Diana ^a   Shields, John ^c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

immigrants; reporting work injuries; work and health; workers compensation

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH AND SAFETY; HEALTH RISK; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; INJURY; LABOR MARKET; LANGUAGE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLASSIFICATION; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; ECONOMICS; ETHICS; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INSURANCE; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; STATISTICS; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REPORTING; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES; ONTARIO; WORKERS' COMPENSATION; YOUNG ADULT;

CANADA;

EID: 84863094350     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: 14653419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557858.2011.614327     Document Type: Article

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