Executive Ease and Dis-Ease

includes index and biblioraphy

Acknowledgements .........9 Introduction : Heaith and effectiveness ..........10 Does health matter ? How demanding is management ?What is health ? Part one :Medical Hazards 1. Life expectancy ..........27 Increased survival causes of death absenteeism 2. Coronary thrombosis ..........40 What is coronary thrombosis ? The heart an blood pressure coronary risk factors The cardiovascular balance sheet 3. Hypertension ......68 Measurement pf blood pressure Ranges and variation treatment malignant hypertension Asociated complanints 4. Other common conditions .............75 Cancer respiratory disease : bronchitis asthma and emphysema diabetes blindness: Glaucoma and cataract backache and prolapsed disc Arthritis and rheumatism indigestion : Peptic ulcer, hiatus hernia and bowel truble gallbladder disease varicose veins hernia prostatic enlargement sex after sixty ? Depression alcoholism deafneass greyness and baldness dental decay halitosis hypochondria 5. Stress and its causes ..........101 Personality -environment conflict Environmental challenge defining stress Assessment of stress Reactions to stress Rang of reactions and thresholds Cusally related reactions personality- environment equation fatigue and age Alternative satisfactions stocktaking dealing 6. Mental breakdown ........120 The role of psychiatry Some causes of breakdown Help and rehabilitation Decline in condifidence Part : two Surviving the hazards ...........129 7. Dealing with executive stress ...............131 Sucessful job matching Dominant managers role ambiguity source of power Delegation frustration 8. Travel .........142 In the united kingdom within Europe Against time 9. Sleep ..........157 The importances of sleep Dreaming and discharge of tension factors inhibiting sleep Aids to sleeping 10.Living with a coronary ...............163 Sudden attack Outlook and attitude rehabilitation Rules for survival 11. The quality of marriage ............168 Domestic stress Poor relationships Child management Relationships in the grown -up family Diverging interests sharing interests Divorce improving relationship 12. Th woman executive ..........178 The dual role Common hazards General health problems Some gynaecological problems Menopause Breast cancer woman`s role in the future 13. Living sensibly ..........188 Attitudes to and disciplines of working Learning how to work Survial at the top Eating, drinking and smoking Weight Alcohol smoking Exercise commuting Holidays Activities outside work The fetish of leisure 14. Health maintenance examinations .............214 Benefit to the individual Benefit to the firm Benefit to the community What should be done and who should do it ? Using the information organization of examinations 15. Checklist for retirement ..........234 Retirement and the community Problems of redundancy planning