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Occupation and disease : how social factors affect the conception of work-related disorders / Allard E. Dembe.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dembe, Allard E.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Occupational diseases--Social aspects.
- Occupational diseases.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 344 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [1996]
- Summary:
- According to Dembe, physicians may be influenced by such social factors as: the advent of new technologies (computers replacing typewriters, for example); passage of laws establishing workers' compensation; union campaigns and labor activism; public outcry against environmental hazards; cultural stereotyping (some complaints of hearing loss, for example have been linked to ""nervous tendencies"" of women); medical specialization and competition (diagnosis of back pain as a traumatic injury corresponded with the growth of orthopedics after World War I); and media attention.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-336) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0300064365
- OCLC:
- 33133090
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