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Lifting the lid on back injury myths

Jack Shamash

Research reveals some hospitals are wary of employing nurses who are older, obese or tall, despite a lack of evidence that they suffer more back pain as a result of manual lifting

A REPORT ISSUED last week has challenged preconceptions about back injury among nurses.

Nursing Standard. 11, 33, 14-14. doi: 10.7748/ns.11.33.14.s24

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07 May 1997 / Vol 11 issue 33

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