International Examinations of Medical-Legal Aspects of Work Injuries A Collection of Papers Presented at the Second International Congress on Medical-Legal Aspects of Work Injuries

by Yates, Elizabeth H.; Burton, John F., Jr.

• ISBN13: 9780810833548
• ISBN10: 0810833549
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-12-18
• Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Summary

This 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.

Table of Contents

Figures	ix	(1)
Tables	x	(1)
Preface	xi
Should Work and Nonwork Injuries be Compensated Differently?	1	(92)
Chapter 1 Should Work Injuries and Nonwork Injuries be Compensated Differently?	1	(17)
Stephen Adler
Chapter 2 Overprotection versus Discrimination in Legislation for the Disabled	18	(14)
Bracha Ben-Zvi
Chapter 3 Should Work Injuries and Nonwork Injuries be Compensated Differently?	32	(17)
John F. Burton, Jr.
Chapter 4 Should Work Injuries and Nonwork Injuries be Compensated Differently?	49	(5)
Maximilian Fuchs
Chapter 5 Should Work Injuries and Nonwork Injuries be Compensated Differently?	54	(9)
Antoine Jacobs
Chapter 6 Should Work Injuries and Nonwork Injuries be Compensated Differently?	63	(4)
Asbjorn Kjonstad
Chapter 7 Should There be a Separate Social Insurance System for Work-Related Accidents or Diseases?	67	(26)
Jef Van Langendonck
The Effects of Stress at the Workplace and Workplace Violence	93	(64)
Chapter 8 The Effects of Stress at the Workplace	93	(13)
Peter S. Barth
Chapter 9 Violence in the Workplace: Fact or Fiction?	106	(12)
Donald Elisburg
Chapter 10 The Impact of Stress in the Workplace	118	(3)
Menachem Goldberg
Chapter 11 The Role of Stressors in Triggering Acute Cardiovascular Disease	121	(27)
Geoffrey H. Tofler
James E. Muller
Chapter 12 The Effects of Stress at the Workplace as a Cause of Mental Disease	148	(9)
Israela Zaterman
Idit Itzcovich
Occupational Diseases	157	(60)
Chapter 13 Reflections on Professional Opinions that Evaluate the Association Between Illness and Exposure	157	(3)
Nathan Amite
Enrique Bitchatchi
Chapter 14 Legal Aspects of Environmental Exposure at Work as it Affects Fertility, Reproduction, and Pregnancy	160	(22)
Hadara Bar-Mor
Chapter 15 An International View of Workers' Compensation for Occupational Disease	182	(22)
Peter S. Barth
Chapter 16 Recognition of Low-Back Disease as an Industrial Injury	204	(7)
Anne Lind Madsen
Chapter 17 Back Pain as an Occupational Disease in Germany	211	(3)
Friedrich Mehrhoff
Chapter 18 Ocular Work Injuries	214	(3)
Morton H. Seelenfruend
Meir Neufeld
Assessing the Degree of Disability	217	(25)
Chapter 19 Assessing the Degree of Disability	217	(8)
Antoine Jacobs
Chapter 20 The Procedure of Determining Incapacity for Work and Reduced Earning Capacity According to the German Workers' Compensation Law	225	(10)
Juergen Kruse
Chapter 21 Case Study: Assessment of Incapacity to Work in Austria	235	(7)
Theodor Tomandl
Rehabilitation of People Injured at Work	242	(59)
Chapter 22 Organizing to Improve Return to Work	242	(9)
Monroe Berkowitz
Chapter 23 Individuals with Work-Related Disabilities: Locus of Control, Attitudes toward Work, and Cooperation with the Rehabilitation Counselor	251	(12)
Arie Rimmerman
Ilana Duvdevany
Chapter 24 A Framework for Examining Return to Work in Workers' Compensation: A View from One North American Jurisdiction	263	(38)
Sandra J. Sinclair
Terrence J. Sullivan
Judith A. Clarke
John W. Frank
Workers' Compensation Administration	301	(20)
Chapter 25 The Interjurisdictional Agreement on Workers' Compensation: A Step Forward for Canadian Workers with Work-Related Injuries	301	(14)
Claire Marie Fortin
Roberta Houston
Chapter 26 Florida Workers' Compensation Adjudicatory System: Administrative versus Judicial	315	(6)
Alan M. Kuker
The Design of Social Insurance Programs	321	(12)
Chapter 27 Constraining and Reducing the Costs of Social Welfare	321	(4)
Antoine Jacobs
Chapter 28 Forty Years of Social Security in Israel	325	(8)
Joseph Tamir
Suggested Readings	333	(1)
Index	334	(5)
List of Contributors	339