An exploratory prospective study of the association between communication skills and employment outcomes after severe traumatic brain injury

Brain Injury

Volumn 27, Issue 7-8, 2013, Pages 812-818

  Rietdijk, Rachael ^a,b   Simpson, Grahame ^a,b   Togher, Leanne ^b   Power, Emma ^b   Gillett, Lauren ^a  

^a Liverpool Health Service   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Communication; Employment; Language; Traumatic brain injury; Work

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTION TEST; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT OF VERBAL REASONING AND EXECUTIVE STRATEGIES TEST; HUMAN; LATROBE COMMUNICATION QUESTIONNAIRE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PILOT STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 84879387046     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: 1362301X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02699052.2013.775491     Document Type: Article

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