Fitness for Work: The Medical Aspects (5 ed.)

Edited by Keith T Palmer, Ian Brown, and John Hobson

Abstract

The fifth edition of this established resource provides comprehensive and practical guidance on the effects of medical conditions on employment and working capability. Every significant medical problem is covered, including sickness absence, health promotion, and fitness for work and cancer. Legal and ethical aspects are also addressed.

Bibliographic Information

Publisher:: Oxford University Press

Print Publication Date:: Jan 2013

Print ISBN-13:: 9780199643240

Published online:: Apr 2013

DOI:: 10.1093/med/9780199643240.001.0001

Authors

Keith T Palmer, editor Professor of Occupational Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK

Ian Brown, editor Director and Head of Department, Occupational Health Service, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

John Hobson, editor Consultant Occupational Physician, Hobson Health Ltd, Stoke-on-Trent, UK

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Front Matter
- Foreword
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- List of contributors
Chapter 1 A general framework for assessing fitness for workKeith T. Palmer and Ian Brown
Chapter 2 Legal aspects of fitness for workGillian S. Howard
Chapter 3 Disability and equality lawGillian S. Howard and Tony Williams
Chapter 4 Support, rehabilitation, and interventions in restoring fitness for workMansel Aylward, Deborah A. Cohen, and †Philip E. Sawney
Chapter 5 Ethics in occupational healthPaul Litchfield
Chapter 6 Neurological disordersRichard J. Hardie and Jon Poole
Chapter 7 Mental health and psychiatric disordersRichard Heron and Neil Greenberg
Chapter 8 EpilepsyIan Brown and Martin C. Prevett
Chapter 9 Vision and eye disordersJohn Pitts and Stuart J. Mitchell
Chapter 10 Hearing and vestibular disordersLinda M. Luxon and Finlay Dick
Chapter 11 Spinal disordersKeith T. Palmer and Charles Greenough
Chapter 12 Orthopaedics and trauma of the limbsAnne-Marie O’Donnell and Chris Little
Chapter 13 Rheumatological disordersSteve Ryder and Karen Walker-Bone
Chapter 14 Gastrointestinal and liver disordersIra Madan and Simon Hellier
Chapter 15 Diabetes mellitus and other endocrine disordersEugene R. Waclawski and Geoff Gill
Chapter 16 Haematological disordersJulia Smedley and Richard S. Kaczmarski
Chapter 17 Cardiovascular disordersAnne E. Price and Michael C. Petch
Chapter 18 Respiratory disordersKeith T. Palmer and Paul Cullinan
Chapter 19 Renal and urological diseaseJohn Hobson and Edwina A. Brown
Chapter 20 Women at workSally E. L. Coomber and Peter A. Harris
Chapter 21 Fitness for work after surgery or critical illnessTony Williams and Bill Thomas
Chapter 22 Dermatological disordersUrsula T. Ferriday and Iain S. Foulds
Chapter 23 Human immunodeficiency virusPaul Grime and Christopher Conlon
Chapter 24 Drugs and alcohol in the workplaceDavid Brown and Henrietta Bowden-Jones
Chapter 25 Medication and health in the workplaceCaroline L. Swales and Jeffrey K. Aronson
Chapter 26 The older workerHenry N. Goodall and John Grimley Evans
Chapter 27 Ill health retirementJon Poole
Chapter 28 Health and transport safety: fitness to driveTim Carter, Heather G. Major, Sally A. Evans, and Andrew P. Colvin
Chapter 29 Health screeningTar-Ching Aw and David S. Q. Koh
Chapter 30 Managing and avoiding sickness absenceRichard Preece and Dean Royles
Chapter 31 Health promotion in the workplaceSteve Boorman and Ian Banks
Chapter 32 Cancer survivorship and workPhilip Wynn and Shirley D’Sa
End Matter
- Appendices
- Index

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Edited by Keith T Palmer, Ian Brown, and John Hobson

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