Occupation and Disease

How Social Factors Affect the Conception of Work-Related Disorders

von Allard E. Dembe

360 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Focussing on the histories of three ailments -- cumulative trauma disorders (especially carpal tunnel syndrome), occupational back pain, and noise-induced hearing loss -- this book provides "a fascinating account of how physicians and society come to recognize emerging diseases. Beautifully illustrated with splendid historical examples." -- Philip J. Landrigan, M.D., Mount Sinai School of Medicine "A major contribution to the historical sociology of industrial illness." -- Roy Porter, Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine

• Reihe: Yale University Press
• ISBN: 9780300064360
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.06.1996
• Größe: 234 x 156 mm
• Verlag: Yale University Press