Here is a bibliography of articles on patient lifting and links to other sites on patient lifting, as well as a short summary of how this issue relates to occupational therapy:

Look for further development in the days and weeks to come. I plan to post more information, my thoughts on it and relevant explanation (like what exactly is “manual patient handling”? who determines whether a workplace hazard is acceptable? how can we be sure this is good evidence?), and hopefully respond to others’ thoughts as well. Until then, Cheryl