Fitness for work : the medical aspects /
Contributor(s): Palmer, K. T [editor.] | Brown, Ian [editor.] | Hobson, John (Occupational physician) [editor.].
Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013Edition: 5th edition.Description: xxi, 714 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.Content type: text | text | still image Media type: unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 9780199643240; 9780199643240:; 0199643245; 9780198568223; 0198568223.Subject(s): Disability evaluation | Chronically ill -- Employment | Occupational Medicine | Occupational Health | Chronic diseases -- Employment | People with disabilities -- Employment | Medicine, Industrial | Health and FitnessDDC classification: 616.075| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Standard Loan
|
ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection | 616.075 PAL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 0063016 |
Browsing ATU Sligo Yeats Library shelves, Shelving location: Main Lending Collection Close shelf browser (Hides shelf browser)
Includes appendices, bibliographical references and index.
Foreword / Carol Black and Bill Gunnyeon -- Foreword / Olivia Carlton -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- List of contributors -- General framework for assessing fitness for work / Ian Brown -- Legal aspects of fitness for work / Gillian S. Howard -- Disability and equality law / Tony Williams -- Support, rehabilitation, and interventions in restoring fitness for work / Philip E. Sawney -- Ethics in occupational health / Paul Litchfield -- Neurological disorders / Jon Poole -- Mental health and psychiatric disorders / Neil Greenberg --Epilepsy / Martin C. Prevett -- Vision and eye disorders / Stuart J. Mitchell -- Hearing and vestibular disorders / Finlay Dick -- Spinal disorders / Charles Greenough -- Orthopaedics and trauma of the limbs / Chris Little -- Rheumatological disorders / Karen Walker-Bone -- Gastrointestinal and liver disorders / Simon Hellier -- Diabetes mellitus and other endocrine disorders / Geoff Gill -- Haematological disorders / Richard S. Kaczmarski -- Cardiovascular disorders / Michael C. Petch -- Respiratory disorders / Paul Cullinan -- Renal and urological disease / Edwina A. Brown -- Women at work / Peter A. Harris -- Fitness for work after surgery or critical illness / Bill Thomas -- Dermatological disorders / Iain S. Foulds -- Human immunodeficiency virus / Christopher Conlon -- Drugs and alcohol in the workplace / David Brown and Henrietta Bowen-Jones -- Medication and health in the workplace / Jeffrey K. Aronson -- The older worker / John Grimley Evans -- Ill health retirement / Jon Poole -- Health and transport safety: fitness to drive / Andrew P. Colvin -- Health screening / David S.Q. Koh -- Managing and avoiding sickness absence / Dean Royles -- Health promotion in the workplace / Ian Banks -- Cancer survivorship and work / Shirley D'Sa.
'Fitness for Work' provides information and guidance on the effects of medical conditions on employment and working capability. Every significant medical problem is covered, including the employment potential and assessment of anyone with a disability. Legal and ethical aspects are also addressed.