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A comparison of disability management practices in Australian and Canadian workplaces.

The health, well-being and productivity of workers and employers in today's society is becoming increasingly important. The social, emotional and economic costs of injury and illness are such that governments throughout the world are attempting to implement policies and practices to contain these co...

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Published in:Work Vol. 23; no. 1; pp. 31 - 42
Main Authors: Westmorland MG, Buys N
Format: research Journal Article
Published: Sage Publications Inc. 2004
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        affil: School of Rehabilitation Science, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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          Occupational Health Services Evaluation
          Occupational-Related Injuries Rehabilitation
          Rehabilitation, Vocational Trends
          Audiorecording
          Australia
          Collaboration
          Comparative Studies
          Descriptive Statistics
          Focus Groups
          Insurance, Health
          Multivariate Analysis of Variance
          Occupational-Related Injuries Prevention and Control
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      ab: The health, well-being and productivity of workers and employers in today's society is becoming increasingly important. The social, emotional and economic costs of injury and illness are such that governments throughout the world are attempting to implement policies and practices to contain these costs. One response in this area is Disability Management (DM). DM focuses on the management of employees with work injuries or illnesses in the workplace rather than offsite in rehabilitation centres. Regional interest in the DM approach has now gained momentum in North America, Europe and the Asia-Pacific. This article briefly reviews two studies that were conducted in Australia and Canada (results have or are being published elsewhere). Although the two studies were not designed for comparison purposes they provide interesting and useful information about the similarities and differences in the practice of DM in Australia and Canada. Findings are compared in terms of five primary principles of DM and it is argued that it is important to understand the ecological contexts in which DM occurs as well as share trans-national research in this area to help inform policy and practice.
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