Editorial
Occupational diseases in the Yugoslav Workmen's Compensation Act. On the occasion of new proposals for revision of the »List of Occupational Diseases«
T. Beritić
; Institut za medicinska istraživanja i medicinu rada, Zagreb, Hrvatska
S. Kovač
; Institut za medicinska istraživanja i medicinu rada, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Abstract
The authors give an account of their personal views on the Workmen's Compensation Legislation as an integral and important part of Occupational Medicine. After a historical review of the development of legislation in various countries, they present several systems (»List-system«, »Full-coverage system«, and »Mixed system«) operating in different countries. The policy is described in scheduling new diseases in the light of modern industrial conditions and of the new medical achievements. Accordingly, the original schedules and the lists of prescribed diseases are extended and amended from time to time. Some general remarks and a few individual proposals are given as the arguments for the next revision of the Yugoslav List of Prescribed Diseases, partly supported, but also opposed by a comparison of legal formulations in the lists of other countries. The stress is laid on the need for better understanding of mutual dependence between prevention and compensation and for better education in occupational medicine of the members of the Workmen's Compensation Committees.
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Hrčak ID:
158921
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Publication date:
20.12.1981.
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