Making Comfortable Workplaces by Risk Management Systems

Making patients' lives comfortable?

ost residents of nursing homes are in chronic pain but accept this las an inevitable part of ageing, according to a new report. \nA Hidden Problem: pain in older people, the Picker Institute found that a 'high level of stoicism among residents means they often suffer in silence, yet staff are failing to ask residents about their pain'. Stoicism was the most typical response from the 77 nursing ...

Making Decisions About Risk and Risk Management

Decision Making and Risk Management

Risk management comprises four discrete (but related) types of concern: “compensatory” and “prospective” anticipatory management, preparedness and disaster response activities. Preparedness and response strategies are still generally dominant concerns for disaster organizations. Anticipatory risk reduction is far from being generalized and has low social and political saliency. In the present p...

P105: Geographic Information Systems on Accident Risk Assessment and Management

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Assessment of Risk by Employees in Hazardous Workplaces

Employees in hazardous industries are constantly faced with judging amounts of risk and behaving in accordance with these judged amounts. Much of the current knowledge about risk taking behaviour is based on gambling studies and the psychometric tradition. However, these methodologies may be of limited usefulness to issues relating to occupational health and safety. In this study, repertory gri...