Why change. A look at the current system of disability determination and workers' compensation for occupational lung disease

Journal Article · Wed Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1982 · Ann. Intern. Med.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-97-6-908· OSTI ID:6412687

Richman, S I

Under the current system of disability determination and workers' compensation for occupational lung disease, disabled workers or their survivors can reasonably count on being compensated. However, by rejecting established scientific truth in order to pay workers' compensation in circumstances where disability or death had not been due to occupation, the system has operated unfairly and has undermined public confidence and respect. To gain more scientific integrity and fairness, the system should be changed to provide for adjudication by scientifically informed disability boards. The adversary system sould be retained, however, as needed protection against bias, quackery, and mendacity.

• Research Organization: Greenlee, Richman, Derrico and Posa; Washington, Pennsylvania
• OSTI ID: 6412687
• Journal Information: Ann. Intern. Med.; (United States), Vol. 97:6
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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