Occupational Medicine

Editorials:

    John Hobson

Editor's choice: evidence-not event-based practice
Occup Med (Lond) 2004 54: 141-142; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqh078 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

    P. A. Wynn and A. D. Archer

Psychiatric disorder and the role of occupational health
Occup Med (Lond) 2004 54: 143-144; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqh079 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

    William B. Bunn, III, Anita M. Holloway, and Clarion E. Johnson

Occupational medicine: the use of physician assistants and the changing role of the occupational and environmental medicine provider
Occup Med (Lond) 2004 54: 145-146; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqh026 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Papers:

    P. J. Nicholson

Occupational health services in the UK—challenges and opportunities
Occup Med (Lond) 2004 54: 147-152; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqg125 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

    R. S. Hooker

Physician assistants in occupational medicine: how do they compare to occupational physicians?
Occup Med (Lond) 2004 54: 153-158; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqg126 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

    Elizabeth U. Ujah, Lisa Bradshaw, David Fishwick, and Andrew D. Curran

An evaluation of occupational health services within the NHS in London
Occup Med (Lond) 2004 54: 159-164; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqh009 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

    Ian Davidson and Penny Shuttleworth

Charging for NHSPlus: an inferential study based on the internal provision of occupational health services within the National Health Service
Occup Med (Lond) 2004 54: 165-171; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqg138 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

    P. Verow

What do consultant occupational physicians do in the National Health Service? An audit
Occup Med (Lond) 2004 54: 172-175; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqh058 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

    E. R. Waclawski, A. Paterson, and A. Loftus

Is there value in routinely obtaining a report from the general practitioner as part of pre-entry health screening of students for nursing studies?
Occup Med (Lond) 2004 54: 176-181; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqg101 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

    Maud Lindholm, Elisabeth Dejin-Karlsson, Jan Westin, Bo Hagström, and Giggi Udén

Physicians as clinical directors: working conditions, psychosocial resources and self-rated health
Occup Med (Lond) 2004 54: 182-189; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqh021 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

    Angelina O. M. Chan and Chan Yiong Huak

Psychological impact of the 2003 severe acute respiratory syndrome outbreak on health care workers in a medium size regional general hospital in Singapore
Occup Med (Lond) 2004 54: 190-196; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqh027 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

    A. M. Qureshi, N. J. M. Hughes, E. Murphy, and W. R. Primrose

Factors influencing uptake of influenza vaccination among hospital-based health care workers
Occup Med (Lond) 2004 54: 197-201; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqg087 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

    Irfan Sencan, Idris Sahin, Mustafa Yildirim, and Nuray Yesildal

Unrecognized abrasions and occupational exposures to blood-borne pathogens among health care workers in Turkey
Occup Med (Lond) 2004 54: 202-206; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqh048 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

    Angelina O. M. Chan and Chan Yiong Huak

Influence of work environment on emotional health in a health care setting
Occup Med (Lond) 2004 54: 207-212; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqh062 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Review and Response:

   Book Reviews:

    Paul Grime

Beating Stress in the NHS. By Ruth Chambers, Anthony Schwartz and Elizabeth Boath. Published by Radcliffe Medical Press, 2003. ISBN 1-85775-927-3. Price: £24.95.
Occup Med (Lond) 2004 54: 213; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqg129 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

   Calendar:

Occupational medicine calendar
Occup Med (Lond) 2004 54; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqh080 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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