Falls are considered as one of the accidents that take more loss of functionality, mainly in older adults. This book begins with a discussion on the prevalence of falls among different populations, the most used definitions and classifications for falls and their physical, social and psychological consequences. Furthermore, this book provides easy and practical recommendations for falls and fall-related injury prevention.

This book is written from the author's own perspectives as Theater performer, actress and professional singer from the age of two years old and, latterly, as an Osteopath specializing in the treatment of performing artists. Blending this experience and expertise, Jennie Morton uniquely draws together the physiological, psychological and sociocultural aspects of being a performer, and views them in the context of health and well-being. Illuminated with interviews with leading performers from many disciplines, including Paul Roberts, lead singer of The Stranglers, and Stefan Dennis, actor and cast member of Australian television series, Neighbours, the book provides detailed information on the physiological processes behind performing arts related injuries giving the reader the information to better manage their own health. Crucially, the author examines the culture of training in the performing arts and how best to prepare student performers for life in the profession. This issue is particularly pertinent to the author, who posits that the 'wearing of a mask' is inherent in many performers and is sometimes seen to be a prerequisite of many performing arts professions. It is this 'hiding behind the mask' that is a centerpiece of the work here, as Morton explains that 'in my experience as an Osteopath treating performers, the further removed they are from their authentic selves and the more buried they are beneath their own masks, the longer they seem to take to heal. I wanted to explore this connection further and have therefore delved into the medical, psychological and philosophical literature to discover the underlying physiological and biological mechanisms at play. I have then placed these in the context of the cultural requirements of being a performer in the modern world to see how we can explain the issues with which so many performing artists struggle'. The book explores how early childhood experiences can influence both emotional and physiological development and how this can play a role in the creation of talent and artistry. It looks at the culture of negative/fear-based training in the arts and how this can lead to the issues of perfectionism and obsession so often associated with performing artists. The neurology of creativity is also discussed along with issues of mental health with historical and cultural references to performers throughout history. The historical roots of art itself are also discussed with a look at how body language and early communication developed into the music and art of today. Issues of art as a commodity in the modern world are examined and how these can affect the health and psychological well-being of artists who try to earn their living from their passion. The physiological mechanisms that lead to the pain and anxiety often experienced by performing artists are explored, and descriptions of muscle injuries and inflammatory processes are given to inform the reader so they can better understand their own body mechanisms and how to manage them. The sympathetic nervous system, or 'fight or flight' mechanism is also discussed with reference to performance anxiety and pain levels. The neurology of finding the performance 'zone' is another subject of discussion. If this sounds like a science or sci-fi book - it isn't! It reads beautifully, and is perfectly pitched for the performer and student performer, as well as those who work with and support them. Much of the Performing Arts Medicine research and literature from the medical, psychological and philosophical domains has not filtered down to those performers who could benefit from it; this book simplifies and contextualizes that research into a concise, readable and wholly practical resource.

This text is in no danger of incomplete identification of where it should fit in the bibliographical spectrum of radiological monographs. It can be placed in many areas - radiology of the chest, lccupational diseases, pneumoconioses, clinical medicine. In each, it would be informative and helpful. In part, this is inherent in the subject but, equally, it reflects the good judgment ofthe editors in selecting both subjects to be covered and contri butors who could succeed in their delineation in terms of current usage and current issues. Radiology of lung diseases has deep roots. Roentgen announced his dis covery of x-rays in 1895. By the next year, the new technique was used to study lung disease. On October 1, 1896, Francis H. Williams was able to report in the Boston Medical and Surgical Journal, "I have examined about 40 cases of pulmonary tuberculosis ... " In his classic text, The Roentgen Rays in Medicine and Surgery, published in 1901, thoracic diseases took pride of place in the 658-page volume. It is of further interest that just as Glyn Thomas here emphasizes the importance of technique, so did Wil liams in his writings."

Healthcare Systems Worldwide Are Facing Intense Cost Pressures Due To The Increase In Chronic Disease And Unhealthy Lifestyles, E.G., Obesity, Physical Inactivity, And Work-Related Stress. Coupled With Growing Demands For Increased Productivity In The Competitive Global Marketplace National And Multinational Employers As Well As Most National Governments Are Increasingly Recognizing The Fact That A More Proactive And Systematic Approach To Promoting Employee Health Is Required. This Book Highlights How 21 Key Countries Are Addressing These Challenges By Focusing On The Following Areas Regarding Workplace Health Promotion: Prevailing Health Issues And Risk Behaviors, Existing Healthcare Systems, Historical And Cultural Influences On Both Physical And Mental Health, Key Drivers For Establishing Global Workplace Health Promotion Programs, Examples Of Best Practices, Key Outcomes And Success Indicators, And Existing Research Findings.

Book & CD. Coal mine dust is one of the most serious occupational hazards in the coal mining industry, and overexposure can cause coal workers' pneumoconiosis (CWP) and a number of other lung diseases, collectively referred to a black lung disease. CWP has been the underlying or contributing cause of death for more than 75,000 coal miners since 1968. This book provides an overview of key studies, background history and health reviews on occupational exposure to respirable coal mine dust.

In the current economy, companies are expected to turn on a dime in response to changing market needs to stay vibrant. What that means is that companies are constantly reorganizing. Employees are living in a constant state of change. This dynamic in the workplace has affected worker satisfaction, morale, and burnout. This is the first treatment manual to focus on treating job-related issues, whether it's conflict in the workplace, stress, burnout, performance, and more. Divided into two parts, Part One sets the stage with a discussion of the economic climate and how it impacts businesses, how business reacts to it, and how the new business climate affects employees. Part Two lays out the most current research on effectively treating work-related client issues. Individual, group, and organizational interventions are included, along with case examples, practical treatment exercises, checklists, and outlines for treatment.
Summarizes how the changing workplace impacts workersCovers effective ways of treating and preventing worker problemsIncludes case examples of treating common workplace depression, accidents, substance abuse, violence, stress, illness, conflict, and performanceDiscusses individual, group, and organizational interventionsProvides online exercises, checklists, evaluation formats, and outlines for treatmentIntegrates issues of diversity including race, ethnicity, age, and gender

As part of its "Programme for the prevention of health hazards caused by industrial substances", the Berufsge- nossenschaft der chemischen Industrie (BG Chemie, Em- ployment Accident Insurance Fund of the Chemical Indus- try) began in 1977 to investigate the toxicity of those chemicals which are widely used, have many different ap- plications and are suspected of being dangerous to health, in particular of having long-term effects. The in- vestigations consist of a literature search and - depending on the results - commissions of experimental studies. It is hoped by means of this testing to close gaps in our know- ledge and to increase the scientific validity of the required risk assessments. The results of the toxicological in- vestigations carried out by BG Chemie, and the resulting substance assessments have been published in German since 1987 in the form of 132 "Toxikologische Bewer- tungen" ("Toxicological Evaluations") up to now. In order to make this useful information internation- ally available, BG Chemie began in October 1990 to pub- lish them as a book series in English, of which the sixth volume (containing 11 individual evaluations) is presented here. Therefore for 83 existing chemicals 'Toxicological Evaluations" are available in English at the moment, a fur- ther 27 are in preparation and will be published soon.

Whether You Are A Newly Diagnosed Patient Or Suspect That You Might Suffer From Shift Work Disorder, This Book Offers Essential Information And Practical Guidance. 20 Questions And Answers About Shift Work Disorder Provides Authoritative Answers To The Most Common Questions Asked By Patients. This Easy-To-Read Book Is A Concise Guide To Understanding The Condition, Your Symptoms, Diagnosis, And Treatment, And More. Written By A Renowned Medical Expert On The Topic, 20 Questions And Answers About Shift Work Disorder Is An Invaluable Resource For Anyone Coping With The Physical And Emotional Turmoil Caused By This Disorder.

Fixing You: Neck Pain & Headaches is an easy-to-use self-help guidebook to fixing just about every type of neck pain. This is because, no matter what the diagnosis, painful issues of the neck have the same root causes; that of poor neck function and poor shoulder function. These root problems can be easily corrected through the exercises found in this book. Visit www.FixingYou.net for more information. Rick Olderman MSPT, CPT and Pilates instructor is a physical therapist with over a decade of experience working with difficult chronic and acute injuries. Rick's typical clients are those who have been to a variety of specialists and health care practitioners with little or no change in their pain. Often these clients feel significant if not complete relief in 1-3 sessions after using the Fixing You approach. How does Rick do this? Through assessing and correcting improper biomechanics at the root of all neck pain. Rick reveals his secrets in Fixing You: Neck Pain & Headaches to guide you in assessing your injuries through simple tests and then give you specific exercises correcting the biomechanics leading to your pain. Readers will also have FREE access to video clips of all assessments and exercises found in Fixing You: Neck Pain & Headaches. This ensures that you are both assessing and correcting your injuries properly. No other book has ever done so much to help you beat your pain.

The most updated, comprehensive, real world, field manual on modern day pharmacuetical sales available today. This handbook was written by reps for reps. It was designed with you in mind, those that are out in the field everyday; selling and driving business for your company.
This is not a handbook for getting into the industry or how to interview for your next pharmaceutical sales job, it is a boots on the ground field manual for success in this field, updated to include what the environment is like today and what it will be like in 5 years.

As a retired military officer, I wish I had this book when I entered the industry eight years ago. Now you have the opportunity to hit the ground running with this field book, providing detailed information from being a standout in training to driving your sales beyond the competition in your first year in the field.

Stress is everywhere, experienced by all. No one is immune, particularly the nurse anesthetist or CRNA. A qualitative inquiry was launched to explore occupational stress among Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) and to answer four research questions: 1.What are the roles and responsibilities of the CRNAs as they see them? 2.What are the CRNAs perceived stressors encountered on the job? 3.What are their coping strategies related to the perceived stressors? 4.What is the relationship between CRNA job stress and interpersonal work connections? The answers to the research questions underscore the necessity that the shortage of Registered Nurses and anesthetists needs to be addressed in order to more effectively tackle the participants perceived stressors. This book is a rare gem given its unique qualitative, in-depth inquiry into a topic of ever-increasing importance. This work is aimed at the healthcare professional, especially CRNAs and operating room personnel, and also nursing and anesthesia students. If you have ever stepped foot into an operating room, whether as a professional or a patient, you will find this research revealing and honest

First published in 1989, Occupational Health Services: A Practical Approach was written for those responsible for the management and delivery of occupational health services and has become something of a classic. Its five sections cover systems, delivery, administration, management and the medical aspects of occupational health services. Four appendices contain additional information, including an outline for a comprehensive audit. "The standard is high. A lot of common sense has been gathered in this book. This useful and stimulating book will make many of us rethink attitudes and positions that have become established over the years." CMAJ "Lead author Tee Guidotti, one of the foremost authors and teachers in occupational medicine, brings a style and thoroughness which is outstanding. Detail and content are excellent throughout the work with a high degree of practicality in most sections." Am. Ind. Hyg. Assoc. J. "This brief review does not do justice to this valuable text. Every occupational student, physician, government agency, union officer, attorney and employer must acquire a copy of Occupational Health Services: A Practical Approach. The appendices and tables in themselves are worth the cost of the book." JAOA John Cowell MSC, MD, CCFP, CCBOM, FRCPC (Occ.Med.) has over thirty years as a health care professional and corporate executive. Dr. Cowell received his M.D. from the University of Toronto and is a Fellow in Occupational Medicine with the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. He is a certificant of both the College of Family Practice of Canada and the Canadian Board of Occupational Medicine. He has been in private occupational medical practice providing clinical and administrative services to a wide variety of corporations both large and small in Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia. He has been the president of the Canadian Board of Occupational Medicine and the Occupational and Environmental Association of Canada and over the years has chaired and participated on many committees concerned with health care and occupational health and safety. He has served as the Chief Medical Officer of several large Canadian Corporations and was the VP Health Safety and Environment for the NOVA Corporation. He is the former President and CEO of the Alberta Workers' Compensation Board. Dr. Cowell led a major enterprise transformation at the Alberta WCB that resulted in major strategic overhaul of the administrative policies and practices and a $3 billion financial turnaround. Dr. Cowell has consulted extensively to private and public corporations, the insurance brokerage industry and governmental agencies. He has published widely including co-authoring a major textbook on the provision of Occupational Health Services. He is active in teaching occupational medicine and is often invited to make speeches and presentations on health-related time loss issues.

First published in 1945, this book is filled with humorous and touching stories of occupational exposure incidents from the early to middle 1900s. This book is the recounting of a series of detective stories: the never-ending search for occupational diseases. The criminal line-up is a fascinating array - microbes and metals, chlorine and cults, dermatitis and dementia, silica and sensitivity, dust in the air and "dust" in the blood cell, miasmas and myths, poisons and plagues, crotchets and eccentricities. They are all here. The narrative autobiography travels the bizarre gamut of occupations and their effects on health. The incidents are carefully chosen from the rich store in the author's notebooks. A classic of industrial and occupational medicine.

Evaluates the findings of close to 600 studies aimed at determining whether the health risks associated with tobacco use are enhanced by co-exposure to numerous chemical, biological, and physical agents commonly found in the workplace. Co-exposures in the domestic and general environment, which are especially important in newly industrializing countries, are also considered in this comprehensive review. Although all forms of tobacco use are covered, particular attention is given to risks arising from exposure to mainstream and sidestream smoke from cigarettes. The book has four chapters. The first summarizes what is known about the health risks caused by tobacco use. A brief overview of the history of tobacco use is followed by a detailed explanation of the chemistry of processed tobacco and the many toxic compounds found in tobacco and in mainstream and sidestream smoke. The chapter also includes an overview of all documented acute and chronic adverse effects of tobacco, including smokeless tobacco. The second and most extensive chapter evaluates the evidence on health effects caused by interactions between tobacco smoke and asbestos, non-asbestos fibres, seven inorganic chemicals, five organic chemical agents, including ethanol, four physical agents, and seven biological agents, including two widespread infectious agents. The chapter also includes an explanation of the concept of interaction and how it can be measured, a discussion of vector effects, whereby cigarettes become contaminated with toxic chemicals in the workplace, and a review of data indicating that tobacco smoking can alter the metabolism of therapeutic drugs and other chemicals. Chapter three considers whether adverseeffects following co-exposure to tobacco smoke and other agents are separate effects or possible interactions. The report found evidence for synergism in the production of adverse effects, including cancer, between tobacco smoking and exposure to asbestos, ethanol, silica, and radiation. The report also found evidence that tobacco smoking affects the health risks of exposure in coal mining, pesticide handling, and in the rubber and petroleum industries. In addition, tobacco smoking can increase the risk of byssinosis produced by exposure to cotton dust, and nasal cancer caused by exposure to wood dusts. On the basis of this evaluation, the final chapter concludes that all possible measures should be taken to eliminate tobacco use, particularly smoking. To avoid interaction with occupational exposure and to eliminate hazards arising from exposure to environmental tobacco smoke, the report concludes that smoking in the workplace should be prohibited.

In diesem Buch geht es um nachhaltige Organisationsentwicklung 4.0. Sie erfahren, wie Freude an der Arbeit bessere Arbeitsergebnisse schafft und Lernerfolge foerdert, wahrend AErger zum Ruckgang von Produktivitat fuhrt und krank macht. So lernen Sie, wie eine Unternehmenskultur geschaffen werden kann, die Freude und Mitarbeitermotivation steigert und Gefahrdungen reduziert, wahrend das Unternehmen Gewinne steigern kann. Analog den 26 Buchstaben des Alphabets wurden aus 16 bekannten Gesundheitspotenzialen fur Arbeitsfreude und 10 Gesundheitsgefahrdungen diejenigen identifiziert, die fur Unternehmen die wichtigsten und starksten Einflusse auf die Motivation der Mitarbeiter haben, und damit zum begrifflichen Grundgerust eines resilienten Organisationsdesign 4.0. gehoeren. Basierend auf einem Referenzdatenpool, der mehr als 20 000 Befragte aus allen Branchen umfasst, bietet dieses Fachbuch eine wertvolle Analyse und Hilfestellung fur Unternehmer, Fuhrungskrafte und Berater. Zielgruppen: Fuhrungskrafte, Personalverantwortliche, Organisationsentwickler, Unternehmer, Betriebsrate, Krankenkassen, etc. Zum Autor: Dr. Gerhard Westermayer ist Autor von mehr als 60 wissenschaftlichen Veroeffentlichungen und seit mehr als 30 Jahren erfolgreich in der Organisationsentwicklung tatig.

Generally accepted scientific priniciples and requirements applied to neurotoxicology.

This invaluable handbook provides a basic knowledge of muscle action and co-ordination with which students of occupational therapy can applying specific techniques to specific conditions of muscle insufficiency for the restoration of function. It is particularly designed for those who have already studied anatomy and physiology, and will be useful in conjunction with an authorized anatomy text. Students and teachers of physio-therapy will find considerable value in it. Miss McMurrich's book is the result of many years' experience in teaching anatomy to students of occupational and physical therapy. In her introductory chapter, she endeavours to clarify for beginners any difficulties in the subject matter, and to condense for the advanced reader the existing knowledge on muscle action. Her main contention is that the application of craft-work, games or exercises for the restoration of function can be varied indefinitely if the therapist's knowledge of muscle action and co-ordination is sound. She makes suggestions for certain muscles or muscle groups; and leaves to the ingenuity of the therapist, with sound knowledge of muscle action, appropriate additions. Her accounts of the signs of nerve lesions and falsification of movement will be of great us to students.

Das Management von Patentauslaufen in pharmazeutischen Unternehmen erfahrt in Zeiten von stetig zunehmender Regulierung und geringer gefullten Produktpipelines erneut grosse Aufmerksamkeit. Im Mittelpunkt dieses Bandes steht die Frage, welche der in der Literatur diskutierten Patentauslaufstrategien unter Berucksichtigung der aktuellen Rechtslage und Weiterentwicklung der pharmazeutischen Branche noch anwendbar sind. Dabei erfasst die Autorin sowohl branchenspezifische Besonderheiten als auch konzeptionelle Grundlagen der Marketingforschung. Basierend auf diesen Erkenntnissen erstellt die Autorin ein neues Klassifikationsschema an Patentauslaufstrategien fur die pharmazeutische Branche und gibt Handlungsempfehlungen fur das Management des Patentauslaufs.