| The Concept of Work Ability Contributor(s): Nordenfelt, Lennart (Author) |
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ISBN: 9052014507 ISBN-13: 9789052014500 Publisher: P.I.E-Peter Lang S.A., Editions Scientifiques OUR PRICE: $48.83 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 2008 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Diagnosis - Medical | Administration - Education | Aims & Objectives |
| Dewey: 616.075 |
| LCCN: 2008037884 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.8" W x 8.6" (0.75 lbs) 238 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book contains a systematic analysis of the notion of work ability. The analysis is particularly focused on the following three contexts: medical insurance, training for a vocation or a profession and evaluation of a job seeker. The first part of the book presents and briefly analyzes some methods and instruments designed for characterizing and assessing work ability. The second part gives a theoretical foundation for the analysis of work ability. Here the author presents an original taxonomy of competencies and other qualifications for work and proposes a new definition of work ability. The third part is devoted to the issue of work ability and its relation to medical conditions. In addition to a description of certain legislations in the medico-insurance field, this part of the book contains a substantial analysis of the notion of disease and an attempt to determine whether there is a viable notion of disease that can answer the demands of objectivity raised by offices of social insurance. |