Theoretical perspectives upon the return to work of cancer patients: The difficult path of integration in the organization

• Authors: Radu-Ioan Popa
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The present article follows an in-depth analysis of several relevant articles and major findings concerning the return to work of cancer patients, in various situations, from a manager and patient point of view, putting into discussion the effects and consequences of different factors that may influence the well-being of the patient at work and impact the organizational life. The concepts of returning to work and integration are scarcely analysed throughout the scholarly literature in the case of employees diagnosed with cancer, due to several reasons presented in the paper: from the complex topic of investigation that many studies fail to approach in terms of confidentiality, technical, ethical and moral grounds to the specific and difficult apparatus for research in the case of an even more complex, multiple instances and personalized manifestation long-term illness. In conclusion, the general framework solicits for a more integrated model of research and future multi-facet schemes for interventions, considering that there is a general consensus focusing on the need for connecting the health services with the employee and employer level, alongside stakeholders’ active participation.

Keywords

EN

Cancer patients Return to work Integration

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Social Change Review
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 13
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 113-135

Dates

published

2015-12-01

online

2016-08-10

Contributors

author

Radu-Ioan Popa

• Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Centre for Social Research, 2A Lucian Blaga Street, 550169 - Sibiu, Romania

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Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/scr-2015-0012