Medicinski vjesnik, Vol. 24 No. (3-4), 1992.
Professional paper
The assessment of work capabilities of patients with bronchial asthma
Ivan Žulj
Mirta Stupin
Abstract
The authors present the legal regulations governing the assessment of work capability of patients suffering from bronchial asthma. Asthmatics are a heterogenous group with regard to the type of asthma, the severity of the disease, contributing mechanisms, activating factors as well as the response to various treatment programmes and the cooperation in the treatment. Each asthma patient has his own form of the disease. From this reason an individual treatment programme is needed as well as a strictly individualized assessment of work capability of such a patient. The authors present parameters which should be taken into consideration comprising both disease factors and work place factors. They also describe parameters important for professional assessment of work capability as well as the place and role of GP and lung specialist in this assessment.
Keywords
bronchial asthma; work capability
Hrčak ID:
195523
URI
Publication date:
1.12.1992.
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