Full Description
While the health effects of many aspects of life, from diet to marital status, have been extensively explored, little study has been made of the health effects of work. Covering such topics as on-the-job dangers, the role of unions in worker protection, and occupational health in both developed and developing countries, this collection of articles conclusively demonstrates the negative impact that neglect of citizens' working lives has on pubic health. With more Americans dying each year from job-related causes than were killed in a decade of combat in Vietnam, "Health and Work Under Capitalism" is a long-overdue and unusually significant book.
Contents
Introduction
PART 1: Ideology in Occupational Medicine
Work, Ideology and Science: The Case of Medicine Vicente Navarro Black Lung: The Social Production of Disease Barbara Ellen Smith
The Health Effects of Low-Dose Radiation on Atomic Workers: A Case Study of Employer-Directed Research Theodor D. Sterling
PART 2: The Nature of Work and Health
Work and General Psychological and Physical Well-Being David Coburn Job Alienation and Well-Being David Coburn
The Use and Health Consequences of Shift Work Dean Baker
Impending Proliferation of Asbestos Barry I. Castleman and ManuelJ. Vera Vera
PART 3: Occupational Health in Developed Capitalist Countries
The State of Industrial Ill-Health in the United Kingdom R. CharlesClutterbuck Workers' Participation and Control in Italy: The Case of Occupational Medicine
Giorgio Assennato and Vicente Navarro
Why Work Kills: A Brief History of Occupational Safety and Health in the United States Daniel M. Berman
Work, Disease, and Occupational Medicine in the Federal Republic of Germany Hans-Ulrich Deppe
PART 4: Occupational Health in Underdeveloped Capitalist Countries
Work and Health in Mexico Asa Cristina Laurell Mortality and Working Conditions in Agriculture in Underdeveloped Countries Asa Cristina Laurell
A Historical and Socioeconomic Analysis of Occupational Safety and Health in India J. V. Vilanilam
The Export of Hazardous Factories to Developing Nations Barry I.Castleman
Contributors to the Volume
