Unexpected barriers in return to work: lessons learned from injured worker peer support groups.
Some workers who are injured at work have unexpectedly prolonged absences from work. Experiences of workers who constitute a disproportionate cost to the return-to-work system and the systemic and compliance-related barriers they encounter during the process of returning to work are reported. A qual...
| Publicado en: | Work Vol. 29; no. 2; pp. 155 - 165 |
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Sage Publications Inc.
2007
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