“…Client-centric approaches to worker injury are a growing focus of rehabilitation, perceived as improving the rate of return to work (Safe Work Australia, 2020). Yet the worker's preferences during rehabilitation may be constrained, for several reasons (Allen et al, 2014;Blanchette et al, 2017;Gilkey et al, 2008;Neumark et al, 2007;Tao et al, 2018), beyond the system's acknowledged complexity (Dean et al, 2019;Hutson & Dunning, 2020;MacEachen et al, 2013) Firstly, the injured worker may have little experience of self-advocacy and limited formal education that could enable them to meet the normative expectations of the system structure (van Hal et al, 2012).…”