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Handbook of Work Disability

Prevention and Management

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Editors:
  1. Patrick Loisel

    1. University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

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  2. Johannes R. Anema

    1. EMGO Institute for Health and Care Resea, Department of Public and Occupational He, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands

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  • First book to comprehensively address emerging field in which new knowledge can induce new ways of management?
  • State-of-the-art integrative and critical review of the conceptual, methodological, and practical aspects of work disability prevention
  • Authors are part of teaching team of the unique international advanced training program in work disability prevention, funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (29 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiii
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  2. The Burden of Work Disability

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Sickness Absence and Disability: An International Perspective

      • Rienk Prins
      Pages 3-14

    3. The Work-Disabled Patient

      • Marie-France Coutu, Daniel Côté, Raymond Baril
      Pages 15-29

    4. Work Absenteeism and Productivity Loss at Work

      • Marc Koopmanschap, Alex Burdorf, Freek Lötters
      Pages 31-41

    5. Measuring the Burden of Work Disability: A Review of Methods, Measurement Issues and Evidence

      • Emile Tompa
      Pages 43-58

    6. The Work Disability Paradigm and Its Public Health Implications

      • Patrick Loisel, Pierre Côté
      Pages 59-67

  3. Unraveling Work Disability Prevention

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 69-69
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    2. Work Disability Models: Past and Present

      • Katia M. Costa-Black, Michael Feuerstein, Patrick Loisel
      Pages 71-93

    3. Measurement of Outcomes in WDP: Conceptual and Methodological Considerations and Recommendations for Measuring Outcomes

      • Glenn Pransky
      Pages 95-106

    4. Pain, Chronicity, and Disability

      • Michael J. L. Sullivan, Marc O. Martel, Zina Trost
      Pages 107-124

    5. Methodological Issues in Work Disability Prevention Research

      • Sheilah Hogg-Johnson, Ellen MacEachen
      Pages 125-146

  4. Work Disability Determinants and Diagnosis

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 147-147
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    2. Individual-Level Psychosocial Factors and Work Disability Prevention

      • Ute Bültmann, Sandra Brouwer
      Pages 149-162

    3. Workplace Issues

      • William S. Shaw, Vicki L. Kristman, Nicole Vézina
      Pages 163-182

    4. Public Insurance Systems: A Comparison of Cause-Based and Disability-Based Income Support Systems

      • Katherine Lippel, Freek Lötters
      Pages 183-202

    5. The Role and Influence of Care Providers on Work Disability

      • Carel Hulshof, Glenn Pransky
      Pages 203-215

    6. Understanding Work Disability Systems and Intervening Upstream

      • Ellen MacEachen
      Pages 217-228

    7. Tools for Assessing Work Disability

      • Marie-José Durand, Quan Nha Hong
      Pages 229-251

  5. Work Disability Issues on Specific Disorders

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 253-253
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About this book

​This book addresses the developing field of Work Disability Prevention. Work disability does not only involve occupational disorders originating from the work or at the workplace, but addresses work absenteeism originating from any disorder or accident. This topic has become of primary importance due to the huge compensation costs and health issues involved. For employers it is a unique burden and in many countries compensation is not even linked to the cause of the disorder. In the past twenty years, studies have accumulated which emphasize the social causes of work disability. Governments and NGOs such as the World Bank, the International Labor Organization, and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development have produced alarming reports on the extent of this problem for developed and developing countries. However, no comprehensive book is presently available to help them address this emerging field where new knowledge should induce new ways of management.​

Reviews

From the book reviews:

“This fairly exhaustive book on work disability discusses theories, determinants, diagnosis, issues, and prevention measures. … Numerous tables and figures help clarify the text. … This book covers a lot of ground, in both theory and practice, and is easy to read. It will be of great benefit to clinicians, administrators, and researchers.” (Gary B. Kaniuk, Doody’s Book Reviews, January, 2015)

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

    Patrick Loisel

  • EMGO Institute for Health and Care Resea, Department of Public and Occupational He, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands

    Johannes R. Anema

About the editors

Patrick Loisel, MD, Director, Work Disability Prevention CIHR Strategic Training Program, Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto.
Johannes R. Anema, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Public and Occupational Health, EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center, Research Center for Insurance Medicine.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Handbook of Work Disability

  • Book Subtitle: Prevention and Management

  • Editors: Patrick Loisel, Johannes R. Anema

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6214-9

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2013

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4614-6213-2

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-1244-5

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4614-6214-9

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIII, 513

  • Number of Illustrations: 50 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Rehabilitation, Health Psychology, Occupational Medicine/Industrial Medicine, Public Health

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