The 'bible' of occupational health, Fitness for Work is the most in-depth and comprehensive resource available on the effects of ill health on employment. Expert authors provide practical guidance on the employment potential of anyone with an illness or disability, as well as examining the art and skills of fitness for work assessment and its ethical framework. Fully revised and updated, Fitness for Work, fifth edition now includes, for the first time, important new chapters on work in cancer survivors, health promotion in the workplace, and managing and avoiding sickness absence.

1.general framework for assessing fitness for work / Ian Brown -- 2. Legal aspects of fitness for work / Gillian S. Howard -- 3. Disability and equality law / Tony Williams -- 4. Support, rehabilitation, and interventions in restoring fitness for work / Philip E. Sawney -- 5. Ethics in occupational health / Paul Litchfield -- 6. Neurological disorders / Jon Poole -- 7. Mental health and psychiatric disorders / Neil Greenberg -- 8. Epilepsy / Martin C. Prevett -- 9. Vision and eye disorders / Stuart J. Mitchell -- 10. Hearing and vestibular disorders / Finlay Dick -- 11. Spinal disorders / Charles Greenough -- 12. Orthopaedics and trauma of the limbs / Chris Little -- 13. Rheumatological disorders / Karen Walker-Bone -- 14. Gastrointestinal and liver disorders / Simon Hellier -- 15. Diabetes mellitus and other endocrine disorders / Geoff Gill -- 16. Haematological disorders / Richard S. Kaczmarski -- 17. Cardiovascular disorders / Michael C. Petch -- 18. Respiratory disorders / Paul Cullinan -- 19. Renal and urological disease / Edwina A. Brown -- 20. Women at work / Peter A. Harris -- 21. Fitness for work after surgery or critical illness / Bill Thomas -- 22. Dermatological disorders / Iain S. Foulds -- 23. Human immunodeficiency virus / Christopher Conlon -- 24. Drugs and alcohol in the workplace / Henrietta Bowden-Jones -- 25. Medication and health in the workplace / Jeffrey K. Aronson -- 26. older worker / John Grimley Evans -- 27. Ili health retirement / Jon Poole -- 28. Health and transport safety: fitness to drive / Andrew P. Colvin -- 29. Health screening / David S.Q. Koh -- 30. Managing and avoiding sickness absence / Dean Royles -- 31. Health promotion in the workplace / Ian Banks -- 32. Cancer survivorship and work / Shirley D'Sa -- Appendices -- 1. Civil aviation / Stuart J. Mitchell -- 2. Seafarer fitness / Tim Carter -- 3. Offshore workers / Mike Doig -- 4. medical assessment of working divers / Phil Bryson -- 5. General aspects of fitness for work overseas / Dipti Patel -- 6. Workers exposed to hand-transmitted vibration / Roger Cooke.