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A recovery roadmap — Navigating cultural crossroads in Carlos's RTW: Part 2

Lauren Finestone

Using a navigation metaphor — including navigation tips for RTW professionals — we continue exploring a factory worker's journey to show how language barriers, cultural factors, passive coping strategies and unaddressed concerns can create detours on the road to recovery.

In Part 1, we looked at the roads taken along Carlos's injury and recovery journey and the GPS shifts that would have made a difference to his experience along the way. Part 2 looks at how Carlos is doing at the 6-week milestone. Recovery has stalled The road taken Six weeks later, Carlos remains at home with persistent back pain and feels uncertain about his ability to return to his previous role. The thought of going back to work fills him ...

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Published 06 May, 2025 | Updated 06 May, 2025