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Waiting to happen : the sociology of unexpected injuries / Lorne Tepperman, Nicole Meredith.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tepperman, Lorne, author.
- Meredith, Nicole, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wounds and Injuries.
- Socioeconomic Factors.
- Risk Management.
- Wounds and injuries--Social aspects.
- Wounds and injuries.
- Wounds and injuries--Social aspects--Canada.
- Public health.
- Public safety.
- Social aspects.
- Canada.
- Medical Subjects:
- Wounds and Injuries.
- Socioeconomic Factors.
- Risk Management.
- Physical Description:
- 226 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto, Canada : Oxford University Press, [2016]
- Summary:
- "Lorne Tepperman and Nicole Meredith evaluate the research on unexpected injury rates across the world, with a particular focus on Canada, before delving in more detail into how these injuries are patterned, and how we may use our knowledge of that patterning to improve public health and safety."-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- 1 The Social and Economic Costs of Injury 5
- 2 The Patterning of Home Injuries 32
- 3 The Patterning of Leisure Injuries 61
- 4 The Patterning of Traffic Injuries 84
- 5 The Patterning of Workplace Injuries 115
- 6 The Debate about Accident Proneness 138
- 7 Social Factors That Reduce Risks of Injury 168
- 8 Prevention and Harm reduction 197.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780199012060
- 0199012067
- OCLC:
- 922154991
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