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Monograph
Published in collaboration with the Royal College of Nursing and the National Back Exchange.
xxiii, 326p.: ill.; 30cm.
Includes bibliographies and index.
<p><span style="line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;">The mission of this new 6th edition is to set out a person-centred systems approach, which balances the twin aims of (patient / person) safety, dignity and enablement with the prevention and management of work relevant MSDs in health and social care workers.</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0.85em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px #e1e1e1; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 21.4500007629395px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;">This definitive gold standard text will be the 6th in a series of guides, first published by BackCare in 1981 in response to growing concerns about the increasing prevalence of low back pain and injury in nurses, with the aim of encouraging NHS employers to implement prevention and management strategies including ergonomics, safety training and health screening.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0.85em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px #e1e1e1; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 21.4500007629395px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;">Since then the scope of each edition has evolved to address concurrent developments in health and in social care, relevant legislation and the move towards evidence-based practice. Each new edition has set the standard of its time; presenting evidence, disseminating best practice, promoting discussion and informing decision-making.</span></p><p><span style="line-height: 24px; font-size: 8pt;"></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0.85em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px #e1e1e1; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 21.4500007629395px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;">The mission of this new 6th edition is to set out a person-centred systems approach, which balances the twin aims of (patient / person) safety, dignity and enablement with the prevention and management of work relevant MSDs in health and social care workers.</span></p>
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