On-Site Occupational Health and Rehabilitation: A Model for the Manufacturing and Service Industries.On-Site Occupational Health and Rehabilitation: A Model for the Manufacturing and Service Industries DeHart JP. New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , NY 10016, Marcel Dekker Inc, 2001, hardcover, 288 pp, ISBN ISBN abbr. International Standard Book Number ISBN International Standard Book Number ISBN n abbr (= International Standard Book Number) → ISBN m : 0-8247-8986-5, $150. The author's purpose for writing this book is to describe her 12-year experience setting up on-site occupational health and rehabilitation programs in the manufacturing and service industries. The author proposes solutions for problems encountered by therapists who want to establish on-site programs and presents her recommendations for preplacement or new hire examinations, on-site job assessments, ergonomics, industrial rehabilitation, case management, cost savings, outcome reporting, and educating others about on-site services. The book is divided into 8 loosely related chapters. Each chapter begins with a brief account of the author's experiences and observations while setting up and managing on-site occupational health and rehabilitation programs. The remainder of each chapter contains numerous appendixes and examples. Unfortunately, the 110 of the 253 pages of text contain verbose Wordy; long winded. The term is often used as a switch to display the status of some operation. For example, a /v might mean "verbose mode." , repetitive, disorganized dis·or·gan·ize tr.v. dis·or·gan·ized, dis·or·gan·iz·ing, dis·or·gan·iz·es To destroy the organization, systematic arrangement, or unity of. , and unreferenced prose, The remaining 143 pages consist of appendixes and examples, many of which are poorly referenced and lack appropriate descriptions. However, therapists who are contemplating establishing an onsite occupational health and rehabilitation program may find a use for the appendixes and examples dealing with ergonomic assessment, worker assessment, work capacity assessment, and cumulative trauma treatment. Chapters 1 and 2 briefly describe the mission and vision of the on-site team. The author's experience with responding to industrial requests for proposals and the team's job descriptions may be useful to some therapists. Chapters 3 through 8 briefly describe the author's opinions, experiences, and observations on disability costs, health care reform, the distribution of occupational health and rehabilitation services in the workplace, the Americans With Disabilities Act Americans with Disabilities Act, U.S. civil-rights law, enacted 1990, that forbids discrimination of various sorts against persons with physical or mental handicaps. , musculoskeletal musculoskeletal /mus·cu·lo·skel·e·tal/ (-skel´e-t'l) pertaining to or comprising the skeleton and muscles. mus·cu·lo·skel·e·tal adj. Relating to or involving the muscles and the skeleton. injuries and cumulative trauma disorders, and the author's "prescription for a healthy workplace." Clinical therapists, students, and educators would find little in this text that is useful to their practice or teaching. Therapists who are establishing on-site occupational health and rehabilitation programs may find some of the appendixes and portions of the text useful. However, the cost seems excessive for the limited amount of useful information contained in the book. David Nestor, PT, ECS Federal Medical Center Lexington, Ky CAPT Nestor is Deputy Director of Rehabilitation Services for the Federal Bureau of Prisons Noun 1. Federal Bureau of Prisons - the law enforcement agency of the Justice Department that operates a nationwide system of prisons and detention facilities to incarcerate inmates sentenced to imprisonment for federal crimes BoP . He previously worked as a Research Therapist with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, n.pr an institute of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that is responsible for assuring safe and healthful working conditions and for developing standards of safety and health. , Centers for Disease Control. |
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