Professional services.

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• Personal Author:
  Imbus HR
• Description:
  The physician's role in the workers' compensation system is discussed with regard to prevention, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation, and input into policy decisions. While prevention is considered to be the primary role, it is held that workers' compensation cases will continue to increase due to discovery of new occupational diseases and broader interpretation of definitions. The success of physicians should thus be based on measures other than workers' compensation cases. One of the physician's most significant roles is diagnosing the relationship of the patient's condition to workplace exposure in a careful and unbiased manner. The role of inputting into policy decisions is one of seeing that adequate scientific information is delivered. This role can be aided by considering the consequences of presuming exposure if the conditions exist or nonexposure unless proved, careful definition of the criteria for diagnosis, and use of specific diagnostic tests when available. (Contract No. 210-76-0118) [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Decision Making Health Personnel Occupational Health Preventive Medicine Safety
• Keywords:
  NIOSH-Contract; Contract-210-76-0118; Occupational-medicine; Doctors; Industrial-medicine; Preventive-medicine; Sociological-factors; Decision-making; Physicians; Etiology;
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Contract
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DTS - Division of Technical Services
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  8-13
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00074742
• Citation:
  NIOSH 1977 Jul; :8-13
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1977
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Occupational Safety and Health Symposia 1976, Division of Technical Services, NIOSH, Cincinnati, Ohio
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/236899/cdc_236899_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]