Oxford Handbook of Occupational Health

Fully revised for this second edition, the Oxford Handbook of Occupational Health provides a concise practice-based guide. Bringing together the latest legislation and guidance with current practice in the field, this is your authoritative guide to assessing and managing health risks in the workplace. Consisting of twelve sections covering the full breadth of practice, the Handbook includes workplace hazards and diseases, occupational health emergencies, and practical procedures. This second edition is also updated with new information on psychiatric emergencies, psychological therapies, chronic pain management, writing a policy, and obesity. Providing a thorough, easy-to-use guide to the whole of occupational health, this Handbook is the essential resource for all occupational physicians, occupational health nurses, occupational hygienists, and all those dealing with workplace health and fitness, giving you the information you need at your fingertips.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 syndromes ; SECTION 3 OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH PRACTICE ; 17. Operational issues ; 18. Ethics ; 19. Policies ; 20. Sickness absence, rehabilitation and retirement ; 21. Risk assessment and risk management ; 22. Health surveillance ; SECTION 4 FITNESS FOR WORK ; 23. Generic fitness for work and specific disorders ; 24. Fitness for specific work ; SECTION 5 OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH LAW ; 25. UK Health and Safety law ; 26. Employment law ; 27. Law and records ; 28. Environmental law ; SECTION 6 OCCUPATIONAL HYGIENE ; 29. Occupational Hygiene overview ; 30. Monitoring exposure ; 31. Biological monitoring ; 32. Prevention and control of exposure ; SECTION 7 TOXICOLOGY ; 33. Toxicology ; SECTION 8 EPIDEMIOLOGY ; 34. Epidemiology ; SECTION 9 ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE ; 35. Environmental protection ; SECTION 10 SAFETY SCIENCE ; 36. Safety science ; SECTION 11 PRACTICAL PROCEDURES ; 37. Clinical tasks and procedures ; 38. Non-clinical tasks ; SECTION 12 EMERGENCIES IN OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH ; 39. Acute poisoning ; 40. Non-chemical emergencies ; 41. Terrorism ; APPENDICES ; A1 Hazard statements for 'health effects' used under CLP Regulations ; A2 Consent for occupational health assessment ; A3 List of prescribed diseases ; A4 List of RIDDOR reportable diseases ; A5 Informatics in occupational health ; A6 Lung volumes ; A7 Height and weight converter and body mass index (BMI) calculator ; A8 Agents evaluated by IARC Agents evaluated by IARC as Group 1