Workers' Compensation and Work-Related Illnesses and Diseases

by Peter S. Barth

As scientists continue to uncover the existence of previously unsuspected hazards in the workplace, it is increasingly apparent that many illnesses once thought to be "ordinary diseases of life" are in fact traceable to conditions of employment. This book clearly establishes that the existing system of workers' compensation in the United States is inadequate to meet the needs and claims of workers who suffer severe disabilities caused by contact with...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262021412
• ISBN13: 9780262021418
• Release Date: April 1980
• Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
• Length: 391 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.