Occupational Health: A Practical Guide for Managers

✍ Scribed by Dr. Ann Fingret

• Year: 1995
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 234
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

New legislation and recommended working practices demand that every organisation considers carefully the health of its workforce. Occupational Health: A Practical Guide for Managers offers a comprehensive view of health and safety issues at work. The range of people it aims to appeal to reflects the interdisciplinary nature of this subject. Personnel professionals, managers and occupational health practitioners alike will find it an invaluable resource.

✦ Table of Contents

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
List of illustrations......Page 8
Preface......Page 10
Acknowledgements......Page 11
List of abbreviations......Page 12
Organisational and legal considerations......Page 16
An introduction to occupational health......Page 31
The organisational health plan......Page 46
Mental health and illness at work......Page 68
AIDS and employment......Page 92
Sickness absence......Page 108
Smoking in the workplace......Page 126
Health promotion in the workplace......Page 138
The employment of people with disabilities......Page 156
The employment of women......Page 170
The use of display screen equipment......Page 182
Manual handling of loads......Page 204
Postscript......Page 218
Bibliography......Page 220
Useful addresses......Page 224
Index......Page 229