Health Risks and Fair Compensation in the Fire Service

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Guidotti, Tee L. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2016.
• Σειρά: Risk, Systems and Decisions
• Θέματα: Environment.; Actuarial science.; Labor law.; Environmental health.; Environmental Health.; Actuarial Sciences.; Labour Law/Social Law.

This book is an overview of the hazards of firefighting, the health risks of exposure to combustion products that characterize firefighting, the science behind interpreting these risks for purposes of identifying diseases as work-related, and the legal and policy implications of adopting legislated...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. Introduction, Ambassador Gary Doe
• 2. Fire fighters at risk, Tee Guidotti
• 3. Fire fighting, Alex Forrest
• 4. Traumatic Hazards of Fire fighting, Alex Forrest
• 5. Ergonomic Hazards of Fire fighting, Tee Guidotti
• 6. Toxic Hazards of Fire fighting,Tee Guidotti
• 7. Psychosocial Hazards of Fire fighting, Nancy Lightfoot
• 8. Assessing the Health Risks of Fire fighting: Epidemiology, Nancy Lightfoot
• 9. Interpreting Health Risks for Compensation, Tee Guidotti
• 10. Cardiovascular Risks of Fire fighting, Nancy Lightfoot
• 11.Respiratory Risks of Fire fighting, Tee Guidotti
• 12. Cancer Risk and Fire fighting, Tee Guidotti
• 13. Reducing the Risks of Fire fighting, Alex Forrest
• 14.Compensating the Risks of Fire fighting, Alex Forrest
• 15. Presumption and Fairness in Compensation, Alex Forrest
• 16. Impact of Fair Compensation on the Fire Service, Alex Forrest and Ken Block.