Working with Age

Working with Age
Author: J C Marquie
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 384
Release: 2003-09-02
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0203212835

In the late 1990s age is a pressing concern on a scale previously unimaginable in the social sciences and caring professions. The inexorable development of the age pyramid and the quick pace of technological change has brought work and age together as inter-linked areas of study and intervention.; This text introduces current academic thinking on work and age and describes ways in which working methods, the organization of work, and innovative programmes (such as tailored training) can be introduced to reflect more accurately an intrinsic part of human life: ageing. The book encompassing physiological, psychological and social factors. The object is to define clearly diverse aspects involved in the passing of time - ageing, generational effects, experience and other marks of time. Their combined effects reveal different signs of ageing on behaviour as well as on strategies to contend with professional requirements at different stages in life.; The style of this text makes it accessible to a non-specialist public but also opens avenues for those who wish to delve deeper into the matter to discover the state-of-the-art questions and issues being addressed in international work and age research.

Occupational Health and Safety

Occupational Health and Safety
Author: Sharon Clarke
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 391
Release: 2016-05-23
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1317086260

Workplace accidents and errors cost organizations hundreds of billions of dollars each year, and the injured workers and their families endure considerable financial and emotional suffering. It's obvious that increasing employee health and safety pays. The accumulating evidence shows that investing in occupational health and safety results in improved financial and social responsibility performance. There are extensive country differences and wide occupational differences in the incidence of accidents and errors. The International Labour Organization (ILO) estimates that every year there are 2.2 million fatal and 270 million non-fatal accidents or occupational diseases worldwide. Occupational Health and Safety looks at the research into what causes accidents and errors in the workplace. In line with other titles in the series, Occupational Health and Safety emphasizes the psychological and behavioral aspects of risk in organizations. It highlights how organizations differ in their health and safety performance, with case studies throughout and best practices. Key elements focus on: employee selection and training, fostering employee understanding, participation and engagement in health and safety matters, developing a health and safety culture at organizational and group/work unit levels, communicating and reinforcing safe workplace practices and bench-marking one's organization against the industry leaders. The contributors to this volume come from various countries, reflecting unique interest and knowledge in particular areas.

Document

Document
Author: European Parliamentary Assembly
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 1960
Genre: Europe
ISBN:

International Directory of Occupational Safety and Health Institutions

International Directory of Occupational Safety and Health Institutions
Author: International Labour Office
Publisher: International Labour Organization
Total Pages: 308
Release: 1990
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9789221064527

The international exchange of information on occupational safety and health questions is becoming increasingly important, to give governments, industry, employers' and workers' organizations, scientific institutions and others concerned with this field easier access to information on occupational safety and health practices in other countries.

Current List of Medical Literature

Current List of Medical Literature
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 574
Release: 1959
Genre: Medicine
ISBN:

Includes section, "Recent book acquisitions" (varies: Recent United States publications) formerly published separately by the U.S. Army Medical Library.

Third International Conference on System Science in Health Care

Third International Conference on System Science in Health Care
Author: W. van Eimeren
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 1444
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 3642699391

In the early stages of planning the Third International Conference in System Science in Health Care, the steering committee members, most of whom had participated in the first conference in Paris (1976) and the second in Montreal (1980), made some basic decisions about organization of subject matter. The earlier meetings had been very successful in bringing together specialists from the health professions and the traditional sciences. In addition to physicians and nurses, these were representatives of the disciplines of the behavioral sciences, system theory, economics, engineering, and the emergency fields of management science and informatics -all concerned with the development of health resources in a broad system context. The reported research and experience of the many disciplines represented had dealt with one or more of three concerns: 1) a major health problem, such as cardiovascular disease, or an important popUlation at risk, such as the elderly or children or workers; 2) some generic aspect of organization and decision making, including trial and evaluation ofinnovative health strategies; and 3) the methodology of research and analysis in system of health service. The challenge to the conference organizers lay in the eliciting and arranging of experiences in such a way that the health services could be seen as purposeful,living, evolving systems.