Occupational health

Management and practice for health professionals

Jenny Acutt, Susan Hattingh (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

2016 | 5th ed
Juta Legal and Academic Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-4851-1212-9 (ISBN)

Infos

Occupational Health: Management and Practice for Health Professionals is a well-known and widely prescribed text in this discipline. The fifth edition has been updated to include the latest legislation and research concerning this subject. Drawing on their experience in the field of Occupational Health, the authors explain the relationship between work and health as a two-way process in which the working environment may affect the health of workers, and the workers’ state of health may impact on their ability to do their jobs. The text gives clear guidelines on how to deal with this relationship. Occupational Health: Management and Practice for Health Professionals has been written to meet the needs of anyone working in this field, but particularly those completing the occupational health component of a basic healthcare programme or pursuing a career in occupational health practice. This new edition has also been peer reviewed by experts in the field.

Inhalt

An overview of occupational health – Jenny Acutt; Work, workers and workplaces – Jenny Acutt; Legislation for occupational health – Susan Hattingh; Occupational safety – Susan Hattingh; Occupational hygiene – Jenny Acutt; Occupational diseases – Jenny Acutt; Occupational health service management – Jenny Acutt; Clinical occupational healthcare – Jenny Acutt; Emergency care and disaster management – Jenny Acutt and Susan Hattingh; Epidemiology and Research – Susan Hattingh; Psychological health and adjustment in the work context – Susan Hattingh; Environmental health – Susan Hattingh.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheinungsdatum: 16.01.2018
• Verlagsort: Kenwyn
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Arbeits- / Sozial- / Umweltmedizin
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft
• ISBN-10: 1-4851-1212-5 / 1485112125
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4851-1212-9 / 9781485112129
• Zustand: Neuware