Practical Ethics in Occupational Health
1st Edition
Will be published approx. on 31. March 1997
Book
Paperback/Softback
76 pages
978-1-85775-617-3 (ISBN)
Description
Explains the NHS as a political environment, and concentrates on understanding the relationships of power rather than on the role of apparent authority. The book presents a range of management frameworks and personal examples to illustrate what a primary-care-led NHS means.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Professional Practice & Development
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 166 mm
Weight
840 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85775-617-3 (9781857756173)
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Other editions
Additional editions
Peter Westerholm | Tore Nilstun | John Ovretveit
Practical Ethics in Occupational Health
E-Book
02/2020
1st Edition
CRC Press
€52.49
Available for download
Peter Westerholm | Tore Nilstun | John Ovretveit
Practical Ethics in Occupational Health
E-Book
02/2020
1st Edition
CRC Press
€52.49
Available for download
Persons
Peter Westerholm (Author) , Tore Nilstun (Author) , John Ovretveit (Author)
Content
Changing life at work. Ethics, research-informed practice and quality improvement. Ethical analysis. The ethics of risk assessment. The ethics of workplace interventions. Workplace health surveillance. Health examinations on new employment - ethical issues. Work-disability assessment in the Netherlands. Sickness-absence management. Reducing sick-leave: swimming upstream - positioning and multiple loyalities. A case of workplace drug and alcohol testing in a UK transport company. Alcohol abuse in the workplace - some ethical considerations. Blood-borne viruses as workplace hazards. Workplace rehabilitation. Insurance medicine and work-related diseases - some ethical and legal aspects. Recognition of work-related diseases. Workplace genetic screening. Occupational health research. The ethics of health and safety services - a trade-union perspective. Employer attitudes to ethics in occuptional health
Whistleblowing. Education in ethics. Ethical occupational health management and organization.Professional codes of ethics. Concluding remarks.
Whistleblowing. Education in ethics. Ethical occupational health management and organization.Professional codes of ethics. Concluding remarks.