<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> 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.</p></abstract>

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.

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

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

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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...

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

Published Online: Aug 10, 2016

Page range: 113 - 135

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/scr-2015-0012

Keywords
Cancer patients Return to work Integration

© by Radu-Ioan Popa

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

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

Published Online: Aug 10, 2016

Page range: 113 - 135

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/scr-2015-0012

KeywordsCancer patients Return to work Integration

© by Radu-Ioan Popa

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
Cancer patients Return to work Integration