"Occupational health (OH) is a multifaceted and multidisciplinary activity concerned with the prevention of ill health in working populations. This involves a consideration of the two-way relationship between work and health; wherein, it is as much aboutthe effects of the working environment on the health of workers as to the influence of the workers' state of health on their ability to perform the tasks for which they were engaged. The main aim of OH is to prevent, rather than cure, ill health from wherever it arises in the working environment. A joint International Labour Organization/World Health Organization (ILO/WHO) Committee defined the subject back in 1950 as: "the promotion and maintenance of the highest degree of physical, mental and social wellbeing of workers in all occupations". The relationship between the worker and the world of work is, necessarily, complex (Fig. 1.1). The worker brings to the place of work a pre-existent health status influenced by many factors-only some of which are under the workers' direct control; and hence, any disease/illness/outcome that manifests in the individual has to be viewed in this context. The health outcome could be caused by work, modulated by work or completely unrelated to it. Such a view of occupational health is, however, predominantly a medical model, however, the situation was and has been realised to be very much more complex"--
In the newly revised Sixth Edition of Pocket Consultant: Occupational Health, an accomplished and distinguished team of researchers and practitioners deliver a fully updated overview of current occupational health practices. The book offers a complete, international perspective that includes discussions of issues like migrant working populations, and new chapters on occupational exposure in different industries and specific processes. Special issues such as working hours and shift work, alcohol and drug use testing, eHealth, military populations, fatigue, and sleep disorders are also discussed at length. Readers will also find:
- A thorough introduction to occupational health, including people involved, the roles of occupational health professionals, industrial processes, and health outcomes
- Comprehensive explorations of occupational health services at an international level, occupational diseases, and occupational infections
- Practical discussions of clinical evaluations, including pre-employment placement, fitness for work, health assessments, health surveillance, and medical records
- Examinations of medicolegal report writing and the legal and ethical aspects of occupational health
- In-depth examinations of occupational toxicology, occupational hygiene, chemical/physical/biological/psychosocial hazards, and the principles of risk assessment and risk management along with the latest on control toolkits
- A new companion website featuring flashcards and multiple-choice questions
Perfect for occupational hygienists, physicians, nurses, safety practitioners and anyone in a health and safety role, Pocket Consultant: Occupational Health will also earn a place in the libraries of general practitioners, medical students, nursing students, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, toxicologists, and occupational psychologists.
| Foreword |
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| 1 Introduction |
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1 | (9) |
| 2 Occupational Health Services - An International Perspective |
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10 | (13) |
| 3 Occupational Diseases |
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23 | (35) |
| 4 Occupational Infections |
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58 | (19) |
| 5 Clinical Evaluations |
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77 | (10) |
| 6 Occupational Toxicology |
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87 | (40) |
| 7 Occupational Cancer |
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127 | (12) |
| 8 Occupational Hygiene - Gases, Vapours, Dusts and Fibres |
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139 | (28) |
| 9 Physical Hazards - Light, Heat, Noise, Vibration, Pressure and Radiation |
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167 | (49) |
| 10 Musculoskeletal Disorders |
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216 | (8) |
| 11 Psychosocial Aspects of the Workplace |
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224 | (25) |
| 12 Risk Assessment |
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249 | (49) |
| 13 Risk Management |
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298 | (11) |
| 14 Principles of Occupational Epidemiology |
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309 | (19) |
| 15 Control of Airborne Contaminants |
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328 | (23) |
| 16 Personal Protection of the Worker |
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351 | (22) |
| 17 Tertiary Prevention |
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373 | (4) |
| 18 Special Issues in Occupational Health |
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377 | (62) |
| 19 Expert and Medicolegal Report Writing |
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439 | (6) |
| 20 Ethical Aspects of Occupational Health |
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445 | (10) |
| Index |
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Professor Kerry Gardiner, Professor of Occupational Health, School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Professor David Rees, Emeritus Professor, School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand. National Institute for Occupational Health. Johannesburg, South Africa.
Professor Anil Adisesh, Associate Professor and Division Director Occupational Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Head of Division Occupational Medicine, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Professor David Zalk, Director of Occupational Hygiene; University of Illinois at Chicago, School of Public Health, Global Program on Occupational Health Practice Online, San Jose, California, USA.
Professor Malcolm Harrington, CBE, Emeritus Professor of Occupational Medicine, University of Birmingham, UK.
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