num_pages: 360
description: In cooperation with Rutgers, The State University of New JerseyThis volume contains over 300 pages of thought-provoking, critical research covering a wide range of topics related to work injuries. Delivered at the Second International Congress on Medical-Legal Aspects of Work Injuries, held in Jerusalem in February 1995, these proceedings include twenty-eight papers written by experts in the field of work injuries from around the world. The variety of international perspectives offers a balanced treatment of the diverse approaches to work injuries used in different countries, including their successes and failures, philosophies, and past and proposed reforms.Issues addressed ―the distinctive treatment of work injuries―stress and violence in the work place―determining the work-relatedness of injuries and illnesses―recognizing and compensating occupational diseases―assessing the degree of disability―rehabilitating injured workers―workers' compensation administration―the design of social insurance programsA supporting bibliography of additional readings and a useful index make this an even more valuable reference volume.
language: English
title: International Examinations of Medical-Legal Aspects of Work Injuries
titlecomplete: International Examinations of Medical-Legal Aspects of Work Injuries
publisher: Scarecrow Press