The Economics of Gender or Working Safely in Health Care

The Economics of Gender

Author: Joyce Jacobsen

The Economics of Gender, 3e offers an affordable, comprehensive, and up-to-date introduction to the contemporary research being conducted on the differences between women’s and men’s economic opportunities, activities, and rewards.

• While focusing on contemporary US patterns, this text integrates an uniquely international comparative perspective


• Discusses the pros and cons of various policies, including comparable worth and welfare programs


• Revisions to the 3rd edition include fully updated data, inclusion of new research, and new examples and studies


• Clear, readable, and provocative with helpful appendices to provide additional information for readers who have little experience with economics, while simultaneously providing further detail for the economically sophisticated


• Flexible in design, for use by both labor economics students and women’s studies programs without labor economics prerequisites

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Working Safely in Health Care: A Practical Guide

Author: Deborah Fell Carlson

Finally, a comprehensive resource on workplace safety designed with the health care worker in mind! This book will show you how to protect yourself and others from injury while on the job. You will be introduced to stresses and hazards unique to the health care environment, and provided with practical steps you can take to make work safer for you. If you know how to make work safer for yourself, you will be better equipped to provide a safe care environment for your clients.

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Reviewer:J. Thomas Pierce, MBBS PhD(Navy Environmental Health Center)
Description:This manual can help healthcare workers protect themselves from injury. It introduces readers to stresses and hazards unique to the healthcare environment and provides practical steps to make the work safer. Five interesting case studies at the end of the book could be used for small group sessions (preventable lower back injuries, needle sticks, and occupational dermatitis).
Purpose:This book is different from many others in that it is intended to assist caregivers rather than those employed in the safety profession. While it is potentially helpful to caregivers, I don't see any reason why safety and health professionals can't use it as well.
Audience:It would be a good idea to provide this book to healthcare trainees before regrettable incidents occur. I can see it in the hands of nurses and medical technologists, among many others. It should also find a home in staff libraries as well as in safety offices.
Features:The five sections lay the foundation (section I), detail hazards and controls (section II), cover wellness challenges (section III), discuss improving working conditions (section IV), and present case studies (section V). Its treatment of wellness areas balances the more classical occupational safety and health issues.
Assessment:There is a lot out there in the general field of healthcare safety but this contribution will stand on its own merits. Because the book is simply written, one can envision its last chapter being generated by its readers who apply its principles in the setting of focus groups orother discussion settings.

Table of Contents:

Section I: Laying the Foundation Chapter 1: Caring for the Caregiver - A Fresh Approach to Health Care Safety Chapter 2: Understanding Hazards and Controls in Health Care Section II: Hazards and Controls in Health Care Part 1: Preventing Musculoskeletal Injuries in Health Care Chapter 3: Performing Clinical Support Tasks Safely Chapter 4: Safe Client Movement and Handling Chapter 5: Preventing Slips, Trips, and Falls in the Healthcare Environment Part 2: Chemical Safety and Airborne Exposures Chapter 6: Working Safely with Drugs and Other Substances Chapter 7: Indoor Air Quality in Health Care - Good Air for Good Health