@article{ref1,
title="Putting a vocational focus back into rehabilitation",
journal="Australian journal of career development",
year="2009",
author="Murphy, Gregory C.",
volume="18",
number="1",
pages="36-44",
abstract="Traditionally, rehabilitation has been closely associated with vocational potential and return to work post-injury, or the maintenance of work attendance following the onset of chronic disease. Indeed, so close was the association that the terms &quot;rehabilitation&quot; and &quot;vocational rehabilitation&quot; were virtually synonymous. Over the recent past there is evidence of a shift away from vocational goals in rehabilitation. The present paper briefly reviews the scientific literature on the mental and physical health benefits of employment. Having established that employment is health-promoting for most people, the paper analyses the content of recent issues of two major rehabilitation medicine journals to present a summary of the nature and extent of a vocational focus within contemporary rehabilitation research and, by implication, within evidence-based rehabilitation service delivery. (Contains 3 tables.)<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1038-4162",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}