Provides the information and practical guidance on the effects of medical conditions on employment and working capability. This book covers various medical problems, including the employment potential and assessment of those with a disability. It also addresses the legal and ethical aspects.

Originally published as a report of the Royal College of Physicians, "Fitness for Work" has grown to become the UK 'bible' of occupational health. This fourth edition reflects significant developments in legislation and guidelines, and changes in the information requirements of those working in the field. Demographic factors such as an ageing population, and changes in work practice and social and political policy, mean the need for advice on the effects of medical conditions on employment and working capability is increasing. In keeping with previous editions, chapters are organized by medical condition, and co-authored by both a topic specialist and a specialist occupational physician. The reader will find practical guidance on the employment potential and assessment of anyone with an illness or disability. There is additional discussion of major issues regarding the ethical and legal framework. There is an attempt to include, where possible, the evidence base and guidelines behind the findings.;This update also reflects recent government focus on a more holistic approach to health problems in employment, and initiatives to encourage people to stay at/return to work, rather than supporting them at home. To an extent, occupational medicine must be tailored to individual patients under unique and specific circumstance. However, this book provides a wealth of useful consensus guidance, codes of practice, and locally evolved standards, to enable clinical judgement to be made. It is the most comprehensive text available on the effects of ill health on employment.

Editor:

Keith T. Palmer; Robin A. F. Cox

Publisher:

Oxford University Press

ISBN:

9780199215652

Publication date:

March 2007

Length:

244mm

Width:

170mm

Thickness:

43mm

Weight:

1293g

Edition:

4th Edition

Pages:

730

Illustrations:

Illustrated

Readership:

Research & professional

[This book] is virtually an exclusive library in its own right...an organically expanding compendium of contemporary wisdom and reference for many professionals in countless areas of care, research and discovery. The successive forewards and prefaces to all four editions make inspiring and provocative reading, well worth introductory browsing time to realise the full design and value of the work. RoSPA Occupational Health and Safety Journal ...the standard textbook of occupational medicine...Four editions in 20 years is a remarkable achievement for any medical textbook and reflects not only the changes and advances in medicine, legislation and the practice of occupational medicine that have occurred, but also the esteem in which the book is now held. Occupational Health