Return to work and cancer: The Australian experience

Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 93-105

  McKay, Georgina ^a   Knott, Vikki ^b   Delfabbro, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Colleague support; Communication; Managers; Rehabilitation; Return to work; Survivorship

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETURN TO WORK; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVOR; WORKPLACE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; RETURN TO WORK; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVORS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84873409996     PISSN: 10530487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10926-012-9386-9     Document Type: Article

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