Fitness for work : the medical aspects
Hobson, J (ed)
Fitness for work : the medical aspects - 6th - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2019 - xxiv, 864p.
Text includes: Legal aspects of fitness to work; The Equality Act 2010; Health screening in occupational health; The older worker; Women's health and other gender issues at work; Sickness absence; Fitness for work after surgery or critical illness; Ill health retirement; Medication and employment; Mental health and psychiatric disorders; Musculoskeletal conditions; Epilepsy; Cardiovascular diseases; Respiratory disorders; Vision and eye disorders; Gastrointestinal and liver disorders; Blood-borne viruses; Renal and urological disease.
This book is the 'bible' of occupational health. Fitness for Work is the most in-depth and comprehensive resource available on the relationship between ill health and employment. The specialist advice given covers health hazards in the work place, fitness for work, and rehabilitation after illness or injury. It discusses the social aspects of work, and problems associated with the ageing workforce and changing population. All recommendations are evidence-based and make use of the NICE guidelines. It is essential for all occupational health practitioners.
9780198808657
Community Health and Public Health
Fitness for work : the medical aspects - 6th - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2019 - xxiv, 864p.
Text includes: Legal aspects of fitness to work; The Equality Act 2010; Health screening in occupational health; The older worker; Women's health and other gender issues at work; Sickness absence; Fitness for work after surgery or critical illness; Ill health retirement; Medication and employment; Mental health and psychiatric disorders; Musculoskeletal conditions; Epilepsy; Cardiovascular diseases; Respiratory disorders; Vision and eye disorders; Gastrointestinal and liver disorders; Blood-borne viruses; Renal and urological disease.
This book is the 'bible' of occupational health. Fitness for Work is the most in-depth and comprehensive resource available on the relationship between ill health and employment. The specialist advice given covers health hazards in the work place, fitness for work, and rehabilitation after illness or injury. It discusses the social aspects of work, and problems associated with the ageing workforce and changing population. All recommendations are evidence-based and make use of the NICE guidelines. It is essential for all occupational health practitioners.
9780198808657
Community Health and Public Health