1st Edition

Making Shiftwork Tolerable

By T H Monk, S. Folkard Copyright 1992
    102 Pages
    by CRC Press

    94 Pages
    by CRC Press

    This text guides the reader through the many forms of shiftwork, adopting a broad definition as being any regularly-taken employment outside the "day working window" 06.00 to 18.00. The experiences of shiftworkers are described, along with those

    Sleep and the biological clock; social challenges to the shift worker; stress and strain; health consequences; performance and safety consequences; inter-individual differences; coping strategies for the worker; strategies for the employer.

    Biography

    T H Monk