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The science of occupational health : stress, psychobiology, and the new world of work / Ulf Lundberg and Cary L. Cooper.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lundberg, Ulf.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Job stress.
- Industrial hygiene.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (184 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Chichester, U.K. : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Science of Occupational Health is an evidence-based resource for all members of the health care team working with those affected by work-based stress. The authors offer a unique psychobiological perspective, discussing the modern workplace as a cause of stimulation and well-being, as well as of distress and illness. They provide a rigorous but highly accessible scientific account of the effects that stress has on mind and body, with key chapters on 'Responses to Stress', 'Stress-Related Health Problems', and 'Stress Hormones at Work'.
- Contents:
- Introduction : history of work and health
- New workplaces in a rapidly changing world
- The new world of work
- Work as a source of stimulation and health or a cause of distress and illness
- Responses to stress
- Stress-related health problems
- Stress hormones at work
- Socioeconomic status (SES) and health
- Health promotion
- Gender differences
- Preventive strategies
- The future workplace from a stress-health perspective.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-88467-0
- 9786612884672
- 1-4443-9112-7
- 1-4443-9110-0
- OCLC:
- 680083478
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