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Highly commended in primary health care category of BMA 2008 medical book awards
Oxford Handbook of Occupational Health
Edited by Julia Smedley, Finlay Dick, and Steve Sadhra
960 pages
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42 black and white line illustrations
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180x100mm
978-0-19-856718-9
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Flexicovers
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13 September 2007
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- A comprehensive quick reference guide, applicable across a wide range of jobs and industries
- Provides an aide memoir for urgent treatment and a toolkit for routine screening
- Includes a summary of key legislation, with weblinks to published guidance
The Oxford Handbook of Occupational Health is the must-have guide for all practitioners with an interest in workplace factors affecting their patients, and with responsibility for decisions on fitness for work. It brings together current practices, legislation and tools to ensure that occupational health professionals are equipped with a single authoritative guide on how to assess and manage health risks in the workplace.
This handbook provides a comprehensive summary of the theory and practice of occupational health. The scope of this text is wide, with twelve sections covering workplace hazards, occupational
diseases, occupational health practice, fitness for work, occupational health law, occupational hygiene, toxicology, occupational epidemiology, environmental medicine, safety science, practical procedures and emergencies in occupational health. The authors also address current issues such as Gulf War Syndrome, SARS, and exposure to electromagnetic fields.Readership: Aimed primarily at occupational physicians in training, specialists in occupational health, occupational health nurses, general practitioners and hospital doctors, it will also appeal to individuals in other clinical specialties with an interest in workplace factors affecting their patients, and with responsibility for decisions on fitness for
work.
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Edited by Julia Smedley, Director of Occupational Health, Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust, UK, Finlay Dick, Senior Lecturer in Occupational Medicine, Department of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, University of Aberdeen, UK and Honorary Consultant Occupational Physician, NHS Grampian Occupational Health Service, UK., and Steve Sadhra, Senior Lecturer in Occupational Health, Institute of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, University of Birmingham, UK Finlay Dick is a Senior Lecturer in Occupational Medicine at Aberdeen University, Honorary Consultant Occupational Physician to NHS Grampian and is the course co-ordinator for the MSc in Occupational
Medicine at the University of Aberdeen. He has worked in occupational medicine for 15 years in a number of sectors including the oil industry, shipping, local authority, and healthcare sectors.Steve Sadhra has published over 50 book chapters, international reports and peer-reviewed publications in the field of Occupational Health. He has over 15 years experience in teaching occupational physicians, nurses and occupational hygienists and engineers and currently undertakes National and International Consultancy work in occupational health for over 30 organisations throughout the UK. After completing her undergraduate training at Nottingham University Medical School, Julia Smedley subsequently spent several years in hospital medical specialties before embarking on higher
specialist training in occupational medicine (a joint clinical/academic post at Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust and the Medical Research Council Environmental Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton). She is currently the head of a large NHS occupational health department that also provides services to a range of local and global industries. Whilst she is primarily a practical clinician and service director, she has always maintained a strong interest in research and evidence-based practice in occupational medicine. Contributors:
Professor Jon Ayres, Professor of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
Dr David Brown,
Consultant Occupational Physician, Portsmouth, UK
Dr John Cherrie, Research Director, Institute of Occupational Medicine, Edinburgh, UK
Professor David Coggon, Professor of Occupational and Environmental Medicine at the MRC Epidemiology Resource Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
Dr Hilary Cross, Consultant Occupational Toxicologist
Dr Steve Deacon, Head of Health, Royal Mail Group, UK
Dr Finlay Dick, Senior Lecturer in Occupational Medicine, Department of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, University of Aberdeen, UK and Honorary Consultant Occupational Physician, NHS Grampian Occupational Health Service, UK
Dr Mike Doig, Manager, Centre of Excellence, Health & Medical Services, Chevron Corporation,
Aberdeen, UK
Dr Clive Harker, Occupational Physician, United Biscuits, UK
Dr Kit Harling, Consultant Occupational Physician, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, UK
Dr Craig Jackson, Honorary Senior Lecturer in Occupational Psychology, Institute of Occupational & Environmental Medicine, University of Birmingham and Senior Lecturer in Health Psychology. UCE Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
Dr Bob Jefferson, Consultant in Environmental Medicine and Deputy Director, Medical Toxicology Research Centre, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, UK
Dr Susan Klein, Senior Clinical Research Fellow, Aberdeen Centre for Trauma Research, Faculty of Health and Social Care, The Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, UK
Ms Diana Kloss, Barrister, Hon FFOM, and
Hon Senior Lecturer in Occupational Health Law, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
Dr Ewan Macdonald, Director of Salus and Head of Healthy Working Lives Research Group, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
Dr Ira Madan, Consultant Occupational Physician, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS (Foundation) Trust, London
Dr Stuart Mitchell, Head of Aeromedical Centre and Occupational Health Safety Regulation Group, UK Civil Aviation Authority, Gatwick Airport, UK
Dr Keith Palmer, Honorary Reader, Senior Investigator Scientist with the Medical Research Council and Honorary Consultant Occupational Physician
Dr Steven Sadhra, Senior Lecturer, Institute of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, University of Birmingham, UK
Dr Margaret
Samuel, Chief Medical Officer, EDF Energy, UK
Dr Julia Smedley, Director of Occupational Health, Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust, UK
Dr Andrew Wheatley, Institute of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, University of Birmingham, UK
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""*****" - Essential for the bookshelf." - Occupational Medicine "With contributions from the leading lights in the field, this is exactly what it says it is. The foreword is written by national director for Health at Work, Carol Black, who describes this handbook as an authoritative resource; it is indeed." - Nursing Standard "Content and presentation are excellent throughout, with an uprecedented amount of carefully graded, latest updated information to find and use immediately in every kind of urgent need, whether for immediate hands-on usage or training/testing situations. This handbook is essential for serious students of occupational health as well as those already responsible for workplace life
and health at all and any levels." - RoSPA Occupational Safety & Health Journal " Oxford Handbooks series seems to have succeeded again; this book is comprehensive in coverage of a range of areas in occupational health, and has ready references for most topics. Those working in clinical OH practice would certainly benefit from having this book available in their clinics. s"
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Section 1: Occupational hazards
1: Physical hazards
2: Chemical hazards
3: Biological hazards
4: Mechanical and ergonomic hazards
5: Psychosocial hazards
Section 2: Occupational diseases
6: Occupational infections
7: Respiratory and cardiovascular disorders
8: Skin disorders
9: Musculoskeletal disorders
10: Gastrointestinal and urinary tract disorders
11: Eye disorders
12: Neurological disorders
13: Psychiatric disorders
14: Reproductive disorders
15: Haematological disorders
16: Medically unexplained occupational disorders
Section 3: Occupational health (OH) practice
17: Operational issues
18: Ethics
19: Policies
20: Sickness absence, rehabilitation and retirement
21: Principles of risk assessment and risk management
22: Health surveillance
Section 4: Fitness for work
23: Generic fitness for work issues and specific disorders
24: Fitness for specific work
Section 5: Occupational health law
25: UK Health and safety legislation
26: Employment law
27: Legislation related to occupational health records
28: Environmental legislation
Section 6: Occupational hygiene
29: Occupational hygiene overview
30: Monitoring exposure
31: Biological monitoring
32: Prevention and control of exposure
Section 7: Toxicology
33: Principles of toxicology
Section 8: Epidemiology in occupational health
34: Epidemiology
Section 9: Environmental medicine
35: Environmental protection
Section 10: Safety science
36: Safety science
Section 11: Practical procedures
37: Clinical tasks/procedures
38: Non-clinical tasks/procedures
Section 12: Emergencies in occupational health
39: Acute poisoning
40: Non-chemical emergencies
41: Terrorism
The Appendices
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