ABSTRACT
This chapter is about societal/macro level and health, the significance of society for healthy choices, the significance of society for the knowledge of and compliance with laws and directives, societal perspectives on fragmentation, demands and control in the work situation, societal support in choices and changes of profession and work environment, contact-based professions and mental demands, working time models and the significance of occupational health care to decrease the negative health effects of the work environment. The chapter also includes some statements to consider and reflect on in relation to a sustainable working life on the societal level.
