Abstract
This chapter discusses what workplace health is and why it is a significant social problem.There is great public interest relating to workplace health since it influences individual and family costs and the economy in general. Workplace injuries and fatalities happen to a large extent and are of many different types. Further, there is inequity in the distribution of workplace injury, illness and death by occupation, industry, and sex.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Second opinion |
| Subtitle of host publication | An introduction to health sociology |
| Editors | John Germov |
| Place of Publication | South Melbourne, Victoria |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
| Chapter | 6 |
| Pages | 111-132 |
| Number of pages | 22 |
| Edition | 6th |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9780190306496 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780190306489 |
| Publication status | Published - 2019 |