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The work capability assessment: a call for evidence [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
"This call for evidence is aimed at organisations and individuals who have information that is relevant to how the Work Capability Assessment (WCA) is operating.

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Prognosis of hyponatremia in elderly patients with fragility fractures [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Funding This work is supported by an NHS Research Scotland (NRS) Career Research Fellowship to Dr Soiza.Peer reviewedPublisher ...
Cumming, Kirsten   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Mental illness and marginalization. A historical approach to civic incapacity in Chile, 19th century

open access: yesRevista Chilena de Terapia Ocupacional, 2014
This study explores the relationship between mental illness and incapacity in 19th century Chile. It examines the management of insanity by focusing on mental interdiction.
María José Correa Gómez
doaj   +1 more source

Musculoskeletal injuries and absenteeism among healthcare professionals-ICD-10 characterization.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2018
INTRODUCTION:Healthcare workers account for 10% of the EU's total workforce, with a significant proportion of those employed in hospitals. Musculoskeletal injuries are the predominant group of injuries in healthcare professionals due to the physical ...
João Amaro   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Explaining Levels of Customer Satisfaction with First Contact with Jobcentre Plus: results of qualitative research with Jobcentre Plus Staff [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
This report is a follow up to the First Contact Customer Survey (Research Report 504). As a result of ongoing difficulties accessing data for sampling purposes, the initial plan to undertake qualitative follow-up research with customers was abandoned in ...
Bickerstaffe, T, Nunn, A, Wymer, P
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Pain intensity and functional limitation are not related with medical image findings in patients with shoulder pain

open access: yesRevista Dor
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Shoulder pain limits patients' ability to perform daily life activities, as well as to carry out professional activities. This study aimed at evaluating the relationship between pain intensity, incapacity and medical image ...
Francine Aparecida Coelho de Oliveira   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Model Law Fusing Incapacity and Mental Health Legislation

open access: yes, 2014
An outline for a model law is presented here that would govern the non-consensual treatment of people who lack the capacity (or competence) to consent due to mental impairment, whether this is due to ‘mental disorder’ or ‘psychiatric disorder’ as ...
G. Szmukler, R. Daw, J. Dawson
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Certifying incapacity for work [PDF]

open access: yesBMJ, 1995
EDITOR,—The item in Medicopolitical Digest concerning proposed changes to the certification of medical incapacity for work may mislead doctors about the changes that have been proposed for the introduction of incapacity benefit next April.1 Ministers announced last year that, as part of the changes, the role of general practitioners as gatekeepers to ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Shifting the Goalposts: A Longitudinal Mixed-Methods Study of the Health of Long-Term Incapacity Benefit Recipients during a Period of Substantial Change to the UK Social Security System

open access: yesJournal of Social Policy, 2014
The UK social security safety net for those who are out of work due to ill health or disability has experienced significant change, most notably the abolition of Incapacity Benefit (IB) and the introduction of Employment and Support Allowance (ESA ...
K. Garthwaite   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Older People'S Preferences for Self-Involvement in Decision-Making if Faced With Serious Illness [PDF]

open access: yesGeriatrics, Gerontology and Aging
OBJECTIVES: To examine older people's preferences for self-involvement in end-of-life care decision-making in scenarios of mental capacity (competency) and incapacity, and to identify associated factors.
Rafaela Jorge   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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