Organizational approaches to collaboration in vocational rehabilitation—An international literature review

International Journal of Integrated Care

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Andersson, Johanna ^a   Ahgren, Bengt ^a   Axelsson, Susanna Bihari ^a   Eriksson, Andrea ^a   Axelsson, Runo ^b  

^a NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Barriers; Collaboration; Facilitators; Interorganizational relations; Organizational models; Vocational rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85006650370     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15684156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5334/ijic.670     Document Type: Article

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