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Examining the Role of Rehabilitation in the South Australian Workers' Compensation System

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 February 2012

D. Christine Roberts-Yates
D. Christine Roberts-Yates*
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Flinders University, Australia
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4/26 Rohsart Street, Parkside, Adelaide, South Australia 5063, Australia E-mail: acry1@msn.com
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Abstract

This paper will analyse the provision of rehabilitation to injured workers with a registered WorkCover claim in South Australia. It presents the comments of key parties on the practice of rehabilitation, approaches to service delivery, and contradictions and paradoxes of the reality of the practice. The comments of workers, employers, case managers, medical practitioners, and of the rehabilitation providers themselves give ample evidence of the complexity of the demands placed upon providers in this system. Emphasis is placed upon their role in presenting the realities of the situation honestly to the worker and in effectively communicating to other stakeholders the particular strategies needed to overcome barriers to successful return-to-work outcomes.

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The Australian Journal of Rehabilitation Counselling , Volume 9 , Issue 2 , January 2003 , pp. 82 - 101
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2003

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