Physician Sickness Certification Practice focusing on views and barriers among general practitioners and orthopaedic surgeons
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Physician Sickness Certification Practice focusing on views and barriers among general practitioners and orthopaedic surgeons
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Isolated specialist or system integrated physician – different views on sickness certification among orthopaedic surgeons: an interview study
BACKGROUND Sickness certification is a frequent and sometimes problematic task for orthopaedic surgeons.Our aim was to explore how orthopaedic surgeons view their sick-listing commission and sick-listing practice. METHODS Semi-structured interviews with seventeen orthopaedic surgeons from five orthopaedic clinics in four Swedish counties. The focus was on the experiences of these physicians i...
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تاریخ انتشار 2008