Oxford Handbook of Occupational Health

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. 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.

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