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Title Back injury among healthcare workers : causes, solutions, and impacts / edited by William Charney and Anne Hudson
Published Boca Raton : Lewis, ©2004

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Description 1 online resource (347 pages) : illustrations
Contents Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; The Editors; Contributors; Contents; 1 History and Vision for Work-Injured Nurses' Group USA; 2 Magnitude of the Problem; 3 A Word about the Nurses' Stories; Injured Nurse Story #1: Betrayal in the Temple of Healing; Injured Nurse Story #2: Preventable; 4 Biodynamics of Back Injury: Manual Lifting and Loads; Injured Nurse Story #3: Who Will Care for the Nurses?; 5 How to Accomplish a Responsible Cost-Benefit Back Injury Analysis in the Health Care Industry; Injured Nurse Story #4: My Last Day as a CNA
Summary Back injury among healthcare providers is an increasingly visible issue in the occupational health and safety arena. This book presents the latest research and information on this topic from an epidemiological, legal, and equipment manufacturing point of view. Using case histories from a number of injured healthcare workers, the book analyzes back injuries from the worker's point of view and gives a detailed discussion of the legal and rehabilitation pitfalls that workers face when dealing with an injury. The editors compare US and international regulations for prevention and rehabilitation an
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Backache -- Prevention
Industrial safety.
Nursing.
Backache.
Medical personnel.
Physical therapy.
Back -- Wounds and injuries
Back Injuries
Back Pain
Exercise Therapy
Health Personnel
Physical Therapy Modalities
Back Injuries -- prevention & control
Nursing
Health Occupations
Health Workforce
Physical Therapy Specialty
Nursing Care
Occupational Health
occupational safety.
nursing (health science)
MEDICAL -- Surgery -- General.
Physical therapy
Medical personnel
Backache
Backache -- Prevention
Industrial safety
Nursing
Form Electronic book
Author Charney, William, 1947-
Hudson, Anne (Mary Anne)
ISBN 1566706319
9781566706315
0203491777
9780203491775
9781135462932
1135462933
9781135462888
1135462887
9781135462925
1135462925