Attitudes towards sickness absence and sickness presenteeism in health and care sectors in Norway and Denmark: A qualitative study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Krane, Line ^a   Larsen, Eva Ladekjær ^b,c   Nielsen, Claus Vinther ^b,d   Stapelfeldt, Christina Malmose ^b   Johnsen, Roar ^a,e   Risør, Mette Bech ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b Public Health and Quality Improvement   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^e NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Concept of work; Focus group discussions; Moral aspects; Sickness absence; Sickness presenteeism

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; AGED; DENMARK; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; NURSING HOME; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; WORKPLACE;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; NURSING HOMES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; SICK LEAVE; URBAN POPULATION; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84907441831     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-880     Document Type: Article

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