Fitness for Work: the Medical Aspects (Paper) - Softcover

Cox, R.A.F.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0192623451 ISBN 13: 9780192623454

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1995

This book provides essential information for any doctor who has to advise patients on their suitability for work, whether because the job requires a certain level of physical strength or stamina, or when returning after an operation or illness. It combines the expertise of clinicians and occupational physicians to offer practical guidelines on a wide range of situations.

About the Author:

F. C. Edwards, Former Senior Medical Adviser, Medical Division, Health and Safety Executive. I. McCallum, Honorary Consultant in Occupational Medicine, Institute of Occupational Medicine, Edinburgh.

Review:

"This edition of an occupational-medicine classic is welcome. It should find a place within easy reach on the bookshelf of physicians who are regularly engaged in determining whether their patients are fit to work at their usual or prospective jobs. This applies to all family physicians
and specialists who treat working adults." Tee L. Guidotti, MD, University of Alberta Annals of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (vol.28,no.7, Oct. 1995)

`Fitness to Work is comprehensive'
Dr Simon Wessely, The Times

"This edition of an occupational-medicine classic is welcome. It should find a place within easy reach on the bookshelf of physicians who are regularly engaged in determining whether their patients are fit to work at their usual or prospective jobs. This applies to all family physicians and
specialists who treat working adults." Tee L. Guidotti, MD, University of Alberta Annals of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (vol.28,no.7, Oct. 1995)

`This edition of an occupational-medicine classic is welcome. It should find a place within easy reach on the bookshelf of physicians who are regularly engaged in determining whether their patients are fit to work at their usual or prospective jobs. This book is an excellent guide ... provides
comprehensive, detailed, and authoritative guidelines for the practitioner, organized by category of disorder. The book is well-written, concise, and indexed ... it is readable and interesting.'
Tee L. Guidotti, University of Alberta, Annals of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (vol. 28, No. 7, October 1995)

" This book fills a niche and addresses (from disease categories) a topic on which family physicians are often asked for their professional opinions." Canadian Family Physician (August 1996)