Dealing with self-management of chronic illness at work: predictors for self-disclosure
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Dealing with self-management of chronic illness at work: predictors for self-disclosure.
This paper explores the role of self-management of chronic illness at work, as a predictor for self-disclosure. The study reports findings from a survey sent to all staff at a UK university, of which 610 employees reported managing a chronic illness: arthritis, musculoskeletal pain, diabetes, asthma, migraine, heart disease, irritable bowel syndrome and depression. The study found that discrete...
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عنوان ژورنال: Social Science & Medicine
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0277-9536
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.07.012