• Question: What if it is the work itself that causes people to become ill, what would happen with all of the jobs?

    Asked by Volta to Jermaine on 15 Jun 2017.
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      Jermaine Ravalier answered on 15 Jun 2017:

      Really good question. I like to take the blame away from the individual and say that it isn’t the individual’s fault that they become ill – it is the characteristics of the job.

      So in answer to your question, what we have to do (and this is what I try to do) is change the characteristics of the job – if we can change these characteristics (e.g. have fewer demands on our time) then we can make sure that fewer people become ill.

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