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This paper describes the role of psychosocial and psychophysiological processes in the maintenance of health and the aetiology of ill-health. It attempts to develop an additional approach to the evaluation of health care systems based on the recognised importance of these processes for well-being, and on the role that they play in determining the impact of health-care systems on the well-being of the care providers. It goes someway in describing the development, validation and application of a possible assessment procedure. Although such a package is discussed in the context of health-care systems, it could equally be applied to other occupational situations, including those developing around the use of computer-technology.
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Cox, T. (1984). Psychosocial and Psychophysiological Factors in the Design and the Evaluation of Working Conditions within Health Care Systems. In: Cullen, J., Siegrist, J., Wegmann, H.M. (eds) Breakdown in Human Adaptation to ‘Stress’. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3283-8_8
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