In the risk society, managing health risks underlines a social tension between a logic of
rationalization and a logic of subjectivation. In the former, techno-scientific thought …

Abstract (St Leger Dowse M, Cridge C, Smerdon G. The use of drugs by UK recreational
divers: prescribed and over-the-counter medications. Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine …

The utility of regular medical fitness‐for‐diving examinations of occupational divers is
unknown. The aim of this audit was to investigate the impact on the employment of …

Hyperbaric physicians may be consulted by prospective divers seeking clearance to dive
and by occupational divers fulfilling statutory diving clearance and health surveillance …

Toklu et al1 have raised the question of whether routine high resolution computed
tomographic (CT) scanning of the chest should form part of the initial diving medical …

Methods A multi-choice satisfaction questionnaire was added, as a quality assurance
measure, to the on-line health questionnaire completed annually by all New Zealand …

Abstract (Sames C, Gorman DF. Mitchell SJ, Zhou L. Professional diver routine health
surveillance and certification: an internet-based satisfaction survey of New Zealand divers …

Routine health surveillance, and specifically routine occupational health surveillance in the
form of a medical examination, is commonplace, and for many workers is mandatory …

Abstract (Bennett MH. Designing a recreational diving medical for the 21st Century. SPUMS
J. 2004; 34: 150-2.) The main theme of the 2003 SPUMS Annual Scientific Meeting was …

Abstract (Bennett MH. Risk, perception and sport–the doctor as policeman? SPUMS J. 2004;
34: 75-80.) Introduction: The pre-diving medical examination might be approached from the …