title: [Rehabilitation of foreign workers: myths and reality].
abstract: In terms of chances for a successful professional reintegration of a worker who has fallen victim of an accident or an illness, there are no significant differences between Swiss workers and foreign workers. This viewpoint is based on a survey of limited representation. Two groups of 65 and 50 patients from the French speaking part of Switzerland were questioned. The results clearly warn against generalizations, prejudices and clichés. It is wrong to rashly judge a whole cultural or ethnic group only upon one negative experience made with a single person of that group. On the other hand, it is rather significant that the chances for a successful reintegration become smaller for Swiss and foreign workers, the longer it takes to introduce the necessary measures after the beginning of an illness or a handicap. The causes of chronification and interdependence between complex circumstances and conflict situations must be taken appropriately into account with interdisciplinary cooperation. If cases with serious problems can be singled out early, the risk of total disability of the patient can be avoided.
authors.affiliation: Centre Médical d'Observation de l'Assurance Invalidité, Lausanne.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Moeri
mesh_terms: D000069:Acculturation; D001416:Back Pain / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D006801:Humans; D011379:Prognosis; D012050:Rehabilitation, Vocational / Q000379:methods*; D012803:Sick Role; D012945:Social Values; D013557:Switzerland
vernacular_title: Rehabilitation von Fremdarbeitern: Mythos und Realität.