Original Article

Reclamation of the "Coronary Patient" for Work

Authors: DON W. CHAPMAN, M.D., P. T. LAI M.D.

Abstract

The economic and psychologic implications of getting a former patient back to work are very great in an aging population. Reorientation of thinking on this matter on the part of laymen, physicians, organized labor and management is essential, requiring educational efforts on the part of the medical profession.

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