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The document provides a recommended reading list for a Diploma in Occupational Medicine, including useful overviews, practical guidance, reference texts, and journals. It features various editions of key texts and guidelines related to occupational health, safety, and medical practice. Additionally, it includes links to relevant websites and online resources for further information.

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The document provides a recommended reading list for a Diploma in Occupational Medicine, including useful overviews, practical guidance, reference texts, and journals. It features various editions of key texts and guidelines related to occupational health, safety, and medical practice. Additionally, it includes links to relevant websites and online resources for further information.

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Diploma in Occupational Medicine

Recommended Reading List

Useful overviews or practical guidance

Pocket Consultant: Occupational Health – 5th edition


Harrington JM, Aw TC, Gardiner K
Wiley-Blackwell, 2006
ISBN: 1405122218

Practical Occupational Medicine – 2nd edition


Seaton A, Agius R
Hodder Arnold, 2005
ISBN: 034075947X

Occupational Health: Management & Practice for Health Practitioners - 4th edition
Eds. Hattingh S and Acutt J
Juta Academic, Feb 2011
ISBN: 0702186740

Oxford Handbook of Occupational Health – 1st Edition


Eds. Smedley J, Dick F & Sadhra S
OUP Oxford, 2007
ISBN 0198567189

ABC of Occupational & Environmental Medicine – 2nd Edition


Eds. Snashall D & Patel D
Wiley-Blackwell, 2003
ISBN 0727916114

Fitness to Drive: A Guide for Health Professionals – 1st Edition


Carter T
RSM Books, 2006
ISBN: 1853156519

DVLA (UK Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency) ‘At a Glance Guidelines to the Current Medical
Standards of Fitness to Drive’.Updated every six months, only available on-line.
http://www.dvla.gov.uk/medical.aspx

Guidance on Ethics for Occupational Physicians - 6th edition


Faculty of Occupational Medicine, 2006
[Available from the Faculty of Occupational Medicine, £15.00/25.00]
ISBN: 1860162800

Guidance on Alcohol and Drug Misuse in the Workplace


Faculty of Occupational Medicine, 2006
[Available from the Faculty of Occupational Medicine, £12.00/£20.00]
ISBN: 1860162819

3rd Floor New Derwent House, 69-73 Theobalds Road, LONDON, WC1X 8TA t: 020 7242 8698 f: 020 3116 6900 e: [email protected] www.facoccmed.ac.uk
Registered Charity no. 1035415 Scottish Charity no. SC040060 VAT Registration No. 798 6604 62
Occupational Health Guidelines for the Management of Low Back Pain at Work
Evidence review and recommendations
Faculty of Occupational Medicine, 2000
Out of print – free download available at: http://www.facoccmed.ac.uk/pubspol/pubs.jsp
These guidelines have been augmented by the COST B13: European guidelines for the
management of low back pain at: www.springerlink.com/content/g8l132164752081x/,
published in March 2006 as a supplement to the European Spine Journal.

Good Occupational Medical Practice


Faculty of Occupational Medicine, 2010
[Available from the Faculty of Occupational Medicine]

Occupational Asthma – evidence review March 2010


BOHRF website
www.bohrf.org.uk/projects/asthma.html

Workplace interventions for people with common mental health problems – Sept 2005
www.bohrf.org.uk/projects/mhealth.html

Reference Texts

Hunter's Disease of Occupations - 10th edition


Baxter PJ et al
Hodder Arnold, 2010
ISBN: 0340941669

Fitness for Work: The Medical Aspects – 4th edition


Palmer, KT, Cox RAF, and Brown I
Oxford University Press, 2007
ISBN: 0199215650

Casarett & Doull's Toxicology: The Basic Science of Poisons – 7th edition
Klaasen CD
McGraw-Hill Medical, 2008

International Occupational and Environmental Medicine


Herzstein et al
Mosby International, St. Louis, USA. 1998
ISBN: 0815143621

Occupational Health Risk Assessment and Management


Sadhra S, Rampal K
Wiley-Blackwell, 1999
ISBN: 0632041994

Epidemiology of Work Related Diseases. – 2nd edition


McDonald C
Wiley-Blackwell, 2000
ISBN 9780727914323

Occupational Hygiene – 3rd edition


Harrington and Gardner
Blackwell Publishing, 2005
ISBN: 1405106212
Principles of Health & safety at work – 8th edition
St John Holt, A
IOSH
ISBN: 978 0 901357434

Working for a Healthier Tomorrow - review


Dame Carol Black
www.dwp.gov.uk/docs/hwwb-working-for-a-healthier-tomorrow.pdf

Is work good for your health & well-being


Waddell, G & Burton AK
TSO, September 2006
ISBN: 9780117036949

Vocational rehabilitation what works for who and when


Waddell G, Burton AK and Kendall NAS
TSO, July 2008
ISBN: 9780117038615

Health and Safety Executive Publications

EH40 Occupational Exposure Limits


Health and Safety Executive
The Stationery Office (updated annually)

Essentials of Health and Safety at Work


Health and Safety Executive
The Stationery Office, 2006
ISBN: 9780717661794

All relevant current HSE regulations, guidance, ACOPS etc including HSE ‘six-pack’, RIDDOR,
COSHH, noise, lead, ionising radiation, asbestos, etc

Other publications

Epidemiology for the Uninitiated - 5th edition


Coggon DNM, Barker D & Rose G
Wiley-Blackwell, 2003
ISBN: 0727916044

An Introduction to Medical Statistics – 3rd edition


Bland
Oxford Medical Publications, 2000
ISBN: 0192632698

Basic Epidemiology – 2nd edition


Beaglehole R, Bonita R, WHO
WHO, Geneva, Switzerland, 2007
ISBN: 9241547073

Occupational Health Law, 5th edition


Kloss D
Wiley-Blackwell, 2010
ISBN: 1405185905
Medical Statistics: A Commonsense Approach -3rd edition
Campbell MJ, Machin D
John Wiley and Sons, New York, USA, 1999
ISBN: 0471987212

Journals

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Occupational Medicine

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Internet

There is an ever increasing number of informative web sites; any list is likely to become out of
date rapidly.
The following are some useful sites at the time of issue:

Faculty of Occupational Medicine


www.facoccmed.ac.uk

Society of Occupational Medicine


www.som.org.uk

Health and Safety Executive


www.hse.gov.uk

UK Government (with search to all UK government sites)


www.direct.gov.uk

Occupational and Environmental Medicine (internet version of the journal)


www.occenvmed.com

Health, Environment and Work


www.agius.com/hew/

Duke Medical School


www.medschool.duke.edu/

Updated February 2011


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