Practical Ethics in Occupational Health

Peter Westerholm, Tore Nilstun, John Øvretveit (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

76 Seiten

1997
Radcliffe Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-85775-617-3 (ISBN)

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Explains the NHS as a political environment, and concentrates on understanding the relationships of power rather than on the role of apparent authority. The book presents a range of management frameworks and personal examples to illustrate what a primary-care-led NHS means.

Peter Westerholm (Author) , Tore Nilstun (Author) , John Ovretveit (Author)

Changing life at work. Ethics, research-informed practice and quality improvement. Ethical analysis. The ethics of risk assessment. The ethics of workplace interventions. Workplace health surveillance. Health examinations on new employment - ethical issues. Work-disability assessment in the Netherlands. Sickness-absence management. Reducing sick-leave: swimming upstream - positioning and multiple loyalities. A case of workplace drug and alcohol testing in a UK transport company. Alcohol abuse in the workplace - some ethical considerations. Blood-borne viruses as workplace hazards. Workplace rehabilitation. Insurance medicine and work-related diseases - some ethical and legal aspects. Recognition of work-related diseases. Workplace genetic screening. Occupational health research. The ethics of health and safety services - a trade-union perspective. Employer attitudes to ethics in occuptional health
Whistleblowing. Education in ethics. Ethical occupational health management and organization.Professional codes of ethics. Concluding remarks.

Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	166 x 234 mm
Gewicht	840 g
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Arbeits- / Sozial- / Umweltmedizin
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Medizinethik
	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin
ISBN-10	1-85775-617-7 / 1857756177
ISBN-13	978-1-85775-617-3 / 9781857756173
Zustand	Neuware