| 1. |
- Lindqvist, Rafael, 1948, et al.
(author)
-
Activation, medicalisation and inter-organisational cooperation in health insurance – implications for frontline social work in Sweden. European Journal of Social Work.
- 2018
-
In: European Journal of Social Work. - : Informa UK Limited. - 1369-1457 .- 1468-2664. ; 21:4, s. 616-627
-
Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This paper focuses on tensions between activation principles and medicalisation in the Swedish sickness insurance and its implications for frontline caseworkers in Social Security Agencies and Public Employment Services. The right to sickness cash benefits has become stricter and more conditioned upon the person’s work ability and employability. The paper describes recent policy changes towards activation and stricter entitlement criteria for sickness benefits policy and explores the consequences of such new activation policies in terms of changed work modes for caseworkers dealing with long-term sick people’s return-to-work process. It is concluded that on the one hand frontline work contains a significant portion of discretion and professional assessment of work abilities, and on the other hand rule-bound administrative work. Furthermore, frontline workers need to apply organisational professionalism as inter-organisational cooperation is required in order to support long-term sick people to return-to-work. Medicalisation of ill-health, manifested in the right to sickness benefits has not been substantially circumscribed by new activation policies in the sickness insurance.
|
|
| 2. |
|
|
| 3. |
|
|
| 4. |
- Lindqvist, Rafael, 1948, et al.
(author)
-
Participation in Work Life and Access to Public Transport - Lived Experiences of People with Disabilities in Sweden
- 2012
-
In: Australian Journal of Rehabilitation Counselling. - : Cambridge University Press (CUP). - 1323-8922 .- 1838-6059. ; 18:2, s. 148-155
-
Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This study explores accessibility to public transport facilities and participation in work life experienced by persons with physical and cognitive impairments. Participants were 21 persons with mobility (n = 6), neuropsychiatric (n = 6), hearing (n = 7), or visual impairments (n = 2) (males = 11, females = 10; age range = 16 to 79). Data were collected using focus group discussions and thematically analysed. The findings point to significant physical, social/attitudinal and communication limitations to the access of public transportation and participation in work life. While participants with physical impairments emphasised lack of accessibility in terms of transport accommodations, persons with neuropsychiatric impairments focused on the social and interactional aspects of public transport. Work life participation was mostly impacted by lack of flexibility in work tasks and work organisation, and fear of being misunderstood and perceived as incapable.
|
|
| 5. |
|
|
| 6. |
|
|
| 7. |
|
|
| 8. |
|
|
