Staying at work and living with MS: A qualitative study of the impact of a vocational rehabilitation intervention

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 36, Issue 19, 2014, Pages 1594-1599

  Jellie, Bronwyn ^a   Sweetland, Joanna ^b   Riazi, Afsane ^b,c   Cano, Stefan J ^d   Playford, E Diane ^b  

^a Commonwealth Rehabilitation Service ^*  (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d PLYMOUTH UNIVERSITY PENINSULA SCHOOLS OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Multiple sclerosis; Qualitative research; Vocational rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; REHABILITATION, VOCATIONAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899102125     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638288.2013.854842     Document Type: Review

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