Attributions of responsibility and recovery within a no-fault insurance compensation system

Rehabilitation Psychology

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 247-255

  Thompson, Jason ^a,b   Berk, Michael ^a,c   O'Donnell, Meaghan ^c   Stafford, Lesley ^c,d   Nordfjaern, Trond ^e  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR ALCOHOL AND DRUG RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Attributions; Compensation; Injury; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLAIM DURATION; CONSCIENCE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NO FAULT INSURANCE COMPENSATION SYSTEM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTCOME VARIABLE; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; RESPONSIBILITY; SURVIVOR; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH STATUS; INSURANCE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, LIABILITY; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; SURVIVORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84906272068     PISSN: 00905550     EISSN: 19391544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0036543     Document Type: Article

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