Document ID (ISN) | 60505 |
CIS number |
93-1230 |
Year |
1993 |
Convention or series no. |
HSE C600
|
Title |
Your patients and their work: An introduction to occupational health for family doctors |
Bibliographic information |
HSE Information Centre, Broad Lane, Sheffield S3 7HQ, United Kingdom, 1993. viii, 60p. Illus. Bibl.ref. |
Abstract |
This book provides help for family practitioners in Britain in the assessment of the occupational aspects of health in the course of their practice. The main types of problem which are seen are identified and advice given on how to handle them. Contents: role of family doctors, occupational health services and enforcement agencies; fitness for work, medical examinations and reports; some clinical conditions with implications for work (pregnancy, diabetes, back pain, etc); occupational illnesses and their recognition; benefits and compensation for occupational illness; health education; ethics in occupational health practice; training in occupational medicine for doctors. |
Descriptors (primary) |
United Kingdom; occupational medicine; occupation disease relation; occupational pathology |
Descriptors (secondary) |
professional status; upper extremity disorders; harmful substances; physical fitness; asthma; dermatitis; vocational training; diagnosis; deafness; sick building syndrome; biological hazards; plant health services; workmen's compensation; medical examinations; role of medical labour inspection; hand-arm vibration |
Document type |
F - Information notes, codes of practice, standards |
Country / State or Province | United Kingdom |
Subject(s) |
Medicine, hygiene and first aid
|
Broad subject area(s) |
Occupational medicine, epidemiology
|
Browse category(ies) |
Sick building syndrome
|