Occupation and Disease

Book : Occupation and Disease

Author : * Allard E. Dembe

Language : English

Library : Health-Safety-Environment

Publish Place : London

ISBN : 0-300-06436-5

Publish Date : January 1996

Publisher : Yale University Press

Book Type : Book

Book Number : 540

INDEX

Contents
Preface xi
I The Social Context of Occupational Disease I
The Sociology of Disease 3
Toward an Integrated Theory of Occupational Disease 6
Multifactoral Causation and Medical Uncertainty 8
Social Context and the Patient-Physician Relationship 12
A Pluralistic Model of Occupational Disease 15
Toward a Comprehensive Model 17
Historical Case Studies 212 Cumulative Trauma Disorders of the Hands and Wrists 24
Early History of Hand and Wrist Disorders
Growth of the Clerical Professions and Writers' Cramp
The Emergence of Telegraphists' Cramp
Occupational Neuroses
The Relationship of Occupational Neuroses to Neurasthenia
The Alleged Susceptibility of Women and Jews
The Decline of Occupational Neuroses after World War I
Dupuytren's Contracture and Raynaud's Phenomenon
Occupational Hand Disorders between the Wars
Low Reporting of Occupational Hand Disorders, 1920-1980
The History of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Interest in Occupational Hand Disorders during the 1970s
The Impact of Labor Activism during the 1980s
Popularization of the Term Cumulative Trauma Disorders
Repetition Strain Injuries: The Australian Experience
Summary
3 Back Pain
Early History
Earliest Reports of Occupational Etiology
Railway Spine
Inattention to Railway Spine among Workers
The Inception of Workers' Compensation
Medical Reporting of Occupational Back Pain,
Social Class and the Problem of Malingering
The Introduction ofX-Ray Technologies
The Ruptured Disc Model of Mixter and Barr
The Liberalization of Occupational Disease Compensation
Social Legislation and the Depression
The Growth of Orthopedics As a Specialization
Summary
4 Noise-Induced Hearing Loss
Historical Background
The Measurement of Hearing Ability Classical" Hearing Tests
Audiometric Testing
Psychogenic Deafness and Malingering
Noise Control Methods
Community Response to Environmental Noise Exposure
The Emergence of Workers' Compensation for NIHL
Explaining the Sudden Growth of Claims after World War II
Reaction to the Rise of Compensation Claims 213
Summary
5 Conclusion
Findings
New Technologies
Financial Compensation
Labor Activism
Economic Instability
Environmental Concerns
Gender and Cultural Stereotyping
Medical Specialization
Media Attention
Marketing Efforts
Military Conflicts
Political Action
Economic Costs
Implications for Policymaking
Challenging the Notion of Occupational Disease
Appendixes
I. Summary of Findings
II. Consolidated Summary of Findings
Notes References Index