Health & Safety

This succinct but absorbing book covers the main way stations on James Reason’s 40-year journey in pursuit of the nature and varieties of human error. He presents an engrossing and very personal perspective, offering the reader exceptional insights, wisdom and wit as only James Reason can. A Life in..

This edited volume of original essays brings together researchers from around the world who are exploring the facets of health care organization and delivery that are sometimes marginal to mainstream patient safety theories and methodologies but offer important insights into the socio-cultural and o..

This edited volume of original essays brings together researchers from around the world who are exploring the facets of health care organization and delivery that are sometimes marginal to mainstream patient safety theories and methodologies but offer important insights into the socio-cultural and o..

Taking the field of human factors and ergonomics beyond state of the art, this volume focuses on advances in the use of ergonomics modeling and on the evaluation of usability, a critical aspect of any human-technology system. The research described in the book’s 70 chapters is an outcome of dedicate..

Taking the field of human factors and ergonomics beyond state of the art, this volume focuses on advances in the use of ergonomics modeling and on the evaluation of usability, a critical aspect of any human-technology system. The research described in the book’s 70 chapters is an outcome of dedicate..

The only book devoted entirely to the principles of aeromedical transport, this second edition has been radically revised and updated. A very practical text, international in its approach, much of its content is devoted to clinical matters. The text is suitable for medical, paramedical and nursing p..

Presents the principles of aeromedical transport, featuring research, references and information on the transport of intensive care patients, and medical emergencies/death in flight. This book also discusses the administration and organisation, addressed from the standpoint of the clinical aeromedic..

This text presents the proceedings of the International Conference on Contemporary Ergonomics & Human Factors 2014. Individual papers provide insight into current practice, present new research findings and form an invaluable reference source...

The broad and developing scope of human factors and ergonomics - the application of scientific knowledge to improve people’s interaction with products, systems and environments - has been illustrated for 28 years by the books which make up the Contemporary Ergonomics series. This book presents the p..

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This book looks specifically at issues for health and safety management that arise in contracting relationships, bringing together a range of perspectives from different disciplines including legal, health and safety management, operational, contract and procurement management. By sharing lessons fr..

Written for safety professionals, this book provides general knowledge of the various laws and regulations that offer protection to employees and individuals against discrimination in the workplace. It takes a proactive approach to identifying situations where potential discrimination against an emp..