Fitness for Work gathers together specialist advice on the medical aspects of employment, covering the majority of medical conditions that are likely to be encountered in the working population. The aim is to inform the best occupational health advice to employers, managers, and others about the impact of a patient’s health on work and how they can be supported to gain or remain in work. The book also emphasizes the benefits to health and well-being from work. A main objective of the book is to reduce inappropriate barriers to work for those who have overcome injury and disease or who live with chronic conditions. The first half of the book deals with the general principles applying to fitness to work and occupational health practice. This includes legal aspects, ethical principles, health promotion, health surveillance, and general principles of rehabilitation. There are also chapters dealing with sickness absence, ill health retirement, medication, transport, vibration, and travel. The second half of the book is arranged in chapters according to clinical specialty or topic, written jointly by two specialists, one of whom is an occupational physician. Each specialty chapter outlines the conditions covered, including their prevalence and impact, discusses the clinical aspects including treatment that affects work capacity, notes rehabilitation requirements or special needs in the workplace, discusses problems that may arise at work and necessary work restrictions, and includes any current advisory or statutory medical standards. The recommendations are evidence based and make use of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines and recent and relevant systematic reviews where available.