As attitudes to work and wellbeing evolve and our understanding of the relationship between health and the world around us grows - occupational and environmental medicine is changing rapidly.
This third edition of ABC of Occupational and Environmental Medicine provides comprehensive guidance on current occupational and environmental health practice. All chapters have been fully revised and brought up-to-date, with an increased emphasis on work, health and wellbeing throughout. It includes new material on vocational rehabilitation, disabled people at work, evidence based practice and the ageing workforce. Further sections cover emerging kinds of occupational disease such as electromagnetic radiation, and look at the health effects of climate change and of occupational health and safety in relation to migration and terrorism.
Written by an international team of experts, ABC of Occupational and Environmental Medicine is a practical resource for general practitioners, medical students, public health and allied health care professionals, human resources managers and occupational health trainees.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Contributors vii
Preface ix
1 Hazards of Work 1
David Snashall
2 HealthWork and Wellbeing 7
Nerys Williams
3 Assessing theWork Environment 11
Keith T. Palmer and David Coggon
4 Practising Occupational Health 17
Anil Adisesh
5 Legal Aspects 24
Martyn Davidson
6 Ethics 31
Paul Litchfield
7 Fitness for Work 36
William Davies
8 Musculoskeletal Disorders 45
Kim Burton and Nicholas Kendall
9 Mental Health 51
Samuel B. Harvey and Max Henderson
10 Skin Disorders 59
Ian R. White
11 Respiratory Disorders 63
Ira Madan and Paul Cullinan
12 Infections 68
Dipti Patel
13 Occupational Cancers 80
John Hobson
14 Disorders of Uncertain Aetiology 88
Andy Slovak
15 Physical Agents 94
Ron McCaig
16 Ergonomics and Human Factors 107
Joanne O. Crawford
17 Genetics and Reproduction 113
Nicola Cherry
18 The AgeingWorkforce 117
Sarah Harper
19 Travel 122
Derek R. Smith Peter A. Leggat and Dipti Patel
20 Emerging Issues 129
Judy Sng and David Koh
21 Pollution 135
Robert Maynard
22 Global Health 140
Paolo Vineis
Index 149
