"Why I Became an Occupational Physician" and Other Occupational Health Stories

by Hobson, John; Occupational Medicine, The Society of

• ISBN13: 9780198862543
• ISBN10: 0198862547
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2020-09-16
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

"Why I Became an Occupational Physician" and Other Occupational Health Stories brings together an edited collection of the short articles published in the journal Occupational Medicine between 2002 and 2018. The articles originally appeared as 'fillers', commissioned to literally 'fill' the blank spaces at the end of the main scientific papers, but they soon became a feature in their own right.

Written by doctors working in occupational medicine and health, the fillers began as a series of pieces exploring the varied and often surprising reasons why the individuals chose to pursue this unique speciality, whether it was a natural career move, triggered by a specific event, or stumbled upon by chance. Over time the articles became much broader in their scope and the journal began to attract pieces from some brilliant writers: Mike Gibson, John Challenor, Nerys Williams, and of course the superlative Anthony Seaton, amongst many others.

Each article offers something different: a peek into history, a humorous adventure, a quiet musing, or a thought-provoking observation, but all are tied together under the umbrella of occupational medicine, a speciality that is often little known or understood in the wider world of medicine. This book brings together over 15 years' worth of fascinating and diverse articles into one volume for the first time, giving a rare insight into the world of the occupational physician.

Author Biography

John Hobson, Honorary Lecturer in Population Health, School of Health Sciences, Manchester, UK,The Society of Occupational Medicine

John Hobson is a practising consultant occupational physician. He was the honorary Editor of the journal Occupational Medicine between 2002 and 2018. He holds academic appointments in occupational medicine at Keele, Manchester, and Birmingham Universities.

Table of Contents

1. Why I became an occupational physician..., Bill Gunnyeon
2. Those extra moments, Jean Spencer Felton
3. One hundred years of the health and safety laboratory 1, Anon
4. Fifty years ago: Raynaud's phenomenon in a pneumatic tool worker, A.C. Mackay
5. Thoughts on lawnmower blades, Anthony Seaton
6. Why I became an occupational physician..., C.A. Veys
7. Thackrah's grave, Graham Hardy
8. The celebration of Saint Monday, Mike Gibson
9. S?crates, John Hobson
10. Why I became an occupational physician..., Stewart Lloyd
11. 'Working Lives' by John Darwell, Anon
12. Fifty years ago: Harmful noise, J.J.A. Blakely
13. Tales of Kieran: The occupational physician's odyssey 1: Solvents, J.A. Hunter
14. Why I became an occupational physician..., Katherine M. Venables
15. Fifty years ago: A mobile consulting room (report on a demonstration given at the Annual Provincial Meeting of the Association, Manchester July 1954), G.O. Hughes
16. Excellent credit rating, John Challenor
17. Two words and a man, Anthony Seaton
18. Why I became an occupational physician..., John Sorrell
19. The Hawthorne effect, Anon
20. Fifty years ago: Free enterprise and public service, Anon
21. Born to run?, John Hobson
22. Why I became an occupational physician..., Peter Verow
23. Fifty years ago: Book review: 'The diseases of occupations' by Donald Hunter, L.G. Norman
24. Health and safety legislation, Mike Gibson
25. How one pre-employment decision nearly changed the world order, Nerys Williams
26. Why I became an occupational physician..., Susan A. Robson
27. DDA 1995, 2005, or 605?, Hanaa Sayed
28. Fifty years ago: The work of the Research Advisory Committee, D. Malcolm
29. I want never gets, Anthony Seaton
30. Why I became an occupational physician..., David Wright
31. Why I became a second-hand bookseller: Part 1, Andy Slovak
32. Tales of Kieran: The occupational physician's odyssey 2: New job, J. A. Hunter
33. The oldest sick note, John Hobson
34. Why I became an occupational physician..., Joseph L. Kearns
35. Why I became a second-hand bookseller: part 2, Andy Slovak
36. Fifty years ago: The first group occupational health service in Scotland, W. M. Dixon
37. I learned (a bit) about aviation medicine from that, Mike Gibson
38. Why I became an occupational physician..., Raymond Agius
39. Occupational health in India, Naomi Brecker
40. A bit like turtles, John Challenor
41. On tenterhooks, Anthony Seaton
42. Why I became an occupational physician..., D. Coggon
43. Coming to the end of the road in occupational health: Lessons from cancer care, Naomi Brecker and Barbara Wren
44. Fifty years ago: The medical officer of health and the small workplace, A.W. W. Robinson
45. The human spirit level, John Hobson
46. Why I became an occupational physician..., R. Ian McCallum
47. A close friend, David Walker
48. Occupational hazard of rubber tapping, J.T. Mets
49. Tales of Kieran: The occupational physician's odyssey 3: The Birdman of Linbridge, J. A. Hunter
50. Hunting canaries, Mike Gibson
51. Why I became an occupational physician..., William Dixon
52. Why I now watch my step as an occupational physician, James Preston
53. Fifty years ago: Occupational health: An employer's view, R. Viner
54. Clinical research, Anthony Seaton
55. Why I became an occupational physician..., David Snashall
56. The RMS Titanic, Ken Addley and Paul McKeagney
57. Fifty years ago: Assessment off the ability to work of the unfit, Kenneth Lee
58. In search of the black stuff, Kirstie Gibson
59. Back to school, John Hobson
60. Billy Liddell, Anthony Seaton
61. Why I became an occupational physician..., Ann Fingret
62. Fifty years ago: General practice and industrial medicine in the United States, B. H. Pentney
63. Every cloud has a silver lining... even a failed private practice, Nerys Williams
64. Why I became an occupational physician..., Ralph Aston
65. A memorable patient, Mike Gibson
66. The strange case of Irving Selikoff, Anthony Seaton
67. Why I became an occupational physician..., Morris Cooke
68. Why I am doing the GCC again, Vanessa Hebditch
69. Fifty years ago: The appointed factory doctor, Anon
70. Mesothelioma, John Hobson
71. Why I became an occupational physician..., Ian S. Symington
72. Sydney 2000, Mike McKiernan
73. Tales of Kieran: The occupational physician's odyssey 4: Vanadium, J. A. Hunter
74. Directly read, John Challenor
75. Why I became an occupational physician..., Peter Harries
76. A leaky vessel, Richard Colman
77. Fifty years ago: Parameters of occupational health in America, H. Beric Wright
78. More genetics for medical students?, Anthony Seaton
79. Why I became an occupational physician..., Monty Brill
80. Charmed to be sure, Arthur Eakins
81. A practical demonstration of Boyle's Law, Mike Gibson
82. Lest we forget, John Hobson
83. Why I became an occupational physician..., Andy Slovak
84. Are you ready for the EU Sharps Directive 2010/32/EU?, Sabine Wrecker and Paul Grime
85. Fifty years ago: A poisons information service, Roy Goulding
86. Tales of Kieran: The occupational physician's odyssey 5: Drivers, J. A. Hunter
87. Why I became an occupational physician..., H. Engel
88. The ex-servicemen's maternity ward, John D. Meyer
89. Medicine is my lawful wife, and literature is my mistress, Nerys Williams
90. Those two impostors, Anthony Seaton
91. Why I became an occupational physician..., Athol Hepburn
92. An elusive occupational toxin, Hans Engel
93. Fifty years ago: The proposed new constitution, Anon
94. Armadillo, John Hobson
95. Why I became an occupational physician..., Tim Carter
96. Learning from the Vikings: H?vam?l and occupational rehabilitation, Desmond O Neill
97. Early thoughts on g, Mike Gibson
98. Employers: Aren't they all the same?, John Challenor
99. Why I became an occupational physician ..., Roy Archibald
100. The rewards of rural training in the Scottish Highlands, Syed Nasir
101. Fifty years ago: Genesis of a new society, Anon
102. The mill reek in 1754, Anthony Seaton
103. Why I didn't become an occupational physician..., Alan Bailey
104. Time to ditch occupational health, Gordon Shepherd
105. Fifty years ago: A new portable hand operated external cardiac compressor, B.S. Baker
106. Tales of Kieran: The occupational physician's odyssey 6: Sniffing about, J. A. Hunter
107. One hundred years of the health and safety laboratory 2, Anon
108. All tied up, John Hobson
109. Why I became an occupational physician..., Simon E. Asogwa
110. Fashion victims, Paul Grime
111. One hundred years of the health and safety laboratory 3, Anon
112. Fifty years ago: Malaises and discontents, Anon
113. Why I became an occupational physician..., Clodagh Cashman
114. The Ontario workplace health champions program, D. Linn Holness and Gary Liss
115. Going through the motions, Mike Gibson
116. How to learn science, Anthony Seaton
117. Why I became an occupational physician..., Timothy P. Finnegan
118. Hammerfest: Occupational medicine at 70? north, Emma Hirons
119. Fifty years ago: Height, weight, and obesity in an industrial population, R.W. Howell
120. The raincoat sign, John Hobson
121. Why I became an occupational physician..., W. Glass
122. The art of observation, Karen Coomer
123. Worst job ads from history: Situation vacant plague doctor, Kirstie Gibson
124. The adjudicator, David Walker
125. Stones, Anthony Seaton
126. Why I became a part-time occupational physician, Peter Verow
127. A multidisciplinary clinic for occupational disease, Dorothy Linn Holness
128. Fifty years ago: The teaching of occupational medicine to undergraduate medical students, Anon
129. Why I became an occupational physician..., William R. Jenkinson
130. Jaw ache: An occupational hazard?, John Storrs
131. What clinicians should look for in health and lifestyle apps, Nerys Williams
132. Mellifluous, John Hobson
133. Why I became an occupational physician..., Ira Madan
134. One hundred years of the health and safety laboratory 4, Anon
135. Slum clinics, Dianne Baxendine
136. Fifty years ago: Laser hazards, John Rich
137. A sovereign remedy to all diseases, Anthony Seaton
138. Why I became an occupational physician..., Henry N. Goodall
139. Fashion victims campaign: Responses from clothing retailers, Paul Grime
140. What's in a name?, Mike Gibson
141. Tales of Kieran: The occupational physician's odyssey 7: Aromatherapy, J.A. Hunter
142. Why I became a respiratory physician with an occupational interest, David Fishwick
143. An unusual occupation with novel hazards, Paul Williams
144. Fifty years ago: Emery pneumoconiosis, A. O. Bech, M. D. Kipling, and W. E. Zundel
145. Piles, John Hobson
146. Why I became an occupational physician..., Giuliano Franco
147. Philosophical transactions: 350 years of publishing at the Royal Society, Eva Baranyiov?
148. Occupational histories, Mike Gibson
149. Risk assessments: good and bad, Anthony Seaton
150. Why I became an occupational physician..., John Aldridge
151. PTSD induced by the trauma of subordinates: The Robert Gates syndrome, Eric Altschuler
152. Fifty years ago: Problems of a group occupational health service in Lancashire, F. H. Tyrer
153. Working in the shadow of a thin blue broken line, John Challenor
154. Why I became an occupational physician..., Jerry Beach
155. New stress check programme in Japan's workplace, Tomoyuki Kawada
156. Jelly beans and jumbo jets, Anthony Seaton
157. Society of Occupational Medicine golden jubilee travelling fellowship 2017, Nerys Williams
158. Shaking all over, John Hobson
159. Why I became an occupational physician..., Robert Willcox
160. Preparing for retirement, Stephen Deacon
161. Fifty years ago: The scope of occupational medicine in a university health service, Anthony Ryle
162. A blue patient and exploding factories, Anthony Seaton
163. Why I became an occupational physician..., Malcolm Gatley
164. Golden jubilee travel fellowship 2016, Folashade Adenekan
165. Which way is up?, Mike Gibson
166. Tales of Kieran: The occupational physician's odyssey 8: The HAVS and the Have Nots, J.A. Hunter
167. Don Valley festival champions, David Walker
168. Why I became an occupational physician..., Ian Reid-Entwistle
169. Pegasus at Wanlockhead, Timothy Finnegan
170. One hundred years of the health and safety laboratory 5, Anon
171. Fifty years ago: Searching for occupational cancer risks, Joan M. Davies
172. Ready, fire, aim!, John Hobson
173. Why I became an occupational physician, Chris Sharp
174. Demoralization and stress we can all help?, Frank Klont
175. Keeping hat-making alive in Luton, Kirstie Gibson
176. The silent killer, Anthony Seaton
177. Why I might become an occupational physician, Joshua Devonport
178. Occupational eye hazard of renaissance sculptor Benvenuto Cellini and the recurrent theme of pigeon's blood, Timo Hannu
179. Fifty years ago: Pulmonary function tests in asbestos workers, G.L. Leathart
180. It's not all hot air, Mike Gibson
181. Why I became an occupational physician..., Douglas Scarisbrick
182. Visit the workplace? What's wrong with it?, Arun Chind
183. Why doctors need to be careful with social media, Nerys Williams
184. One hundred years of the health and safety laboratory 6, Anon
185. I never knew, John Hobson
186. Why I became an occupational physician..., Arun Peter Chind
187. The early working life of one occupational physician in the 1970s, Eric Teasdale
188. Fifty years ago: The shopworker, Elizabeth Mitchell
189. Neurological memories, Anthony Seaton
190. Consequences of OH alert syndrome, Karen Coomer
191. Fifty years ago: Sickness absence resistance, P.J. Taylor
192. More hot air, Mike Gibson
193. Internet addiction: Caught in the web, Nerys Williams
194. Hazard, risk, and a bullet, John Challenor
195. Anti-smoking legislation, Mike Gibson
196. Fifty years ago: Productivity, morale, and occupational medicine, John Garnett
197. Corbett McDonald, John Hobson
198. Shale is here again, Anthony Seaton