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"Work and health play an entirely different role in the life course than before, necessitating new models. A definition and model of sustainable employability is presented based on Amartya Sen's capability approach, challenging researchers, policy-makers and practitioners to look for what is important and valuable in a given (work) context and whether people are able and enabled to realize this."

"Epidemiological data on mental sickness absence among shift workers is lacking. This 10-year observational study showed that mental sickness absence is as common among shift workers as it is among daytime workers. There is no need for health providers to advise against returning to shift work after recovery from mental sickness absence."