Psychological Interventions to Facilitate Employment Outcomes for Cancer Survivors: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Research on Social Work Practice

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 84-98

  Fong, Carlton J ^a   Murphy, Kathleen M ^b   Westbrook, John D ^b   Markle, Minda M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b American Institutes for Research   (United States)

^c Texas NeuroRehab Center   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer survivors; employment; intervention; meta analysis; systematic review; vocational rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTENTION; CANCER SURVIVOR; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85038355758     PISSN: 10497315     EISSN: 15527581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049731515604741     Document Type: Article

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