Un espejo deformante: apuntes históricos sobre la construcción jurídica de las enfermedades profesionales en Bélgica

Compensation for occupational diseases is an important factor in promoting prevention at the workplace. This compensation was established in Belgium in 1927. For over 35 years, silicosis remained excluded from the list of occupational diseases, despite the fact that coal mines were an important sect...

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Main Author: Laurent Vogel
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Universidade do Porto 2014-12-01
Series:Laboreal
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Online Access:http://laboreal.up.pt/es/articles/um-espelho-deformante-notas-historicas-sobre-a-construcao-juridica-das-doencas-profissionais-na-belgica/
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description Compensation for occupational diseases is an important factor in promoting prevention at the workplace. This compensation was established in Belgium in 1927. For over 35 years, silicosis remained excluded from the list of occupational diseases, despite the fact that coal mines were an important sector of the economy and that dozens of thousands of miners were affected by it. To understand this contradiction we need to look into the social history, the social construction of medical knowledge and the legal regulation surrounding occupational diseases.
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spelling doaj.art-ba38780c2bc54c0c9da98dd571a6100b2022-12-21T19:02:02ZspaUniversidade do PortoLaboreal1646-52371646-52372014-12-01X21026doi:10.15667/LABOREALX0214LVUn espejo deformante: apuntes históricos sobre la construcción jurídica de las enfermedades profesionales en BélgicaLaurent Vogel0European Trade Union Institute - ETUICompensation for occupational diseases is an important factor in promoting prevention at the workplace. This compensation was established in Belgium in 1927. For over 35 years, silicosis remained excluded from the list of occupational diseases, despite the fact that coal mines were an important sector of the economy and that dozens of thousands of miners were affected by it. To understand this contradiction we need to look into the social history, the social construction of medical knowledge and the legal regulation surrounding occupational diseases.http://laboreal.up.pt/es/articles/um-espelho-deformante-notas-historicas-sobre-a-construcao-juridica-das-doencas-profissionais-na-belgica/Occupational diseaseSilicosisLabor lawSocial history
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Un espejo deformante: apuntes históricos sobre la construcción jurídica de las enfermedades profesionales en Bélgica
Laboreal
Occupational disease
Silicosis
Labor law
Social history
title Un espejo deformante: apuntes históricos sobre la construcción jurídica de las enfermedades profesionales en Bélgica
title_full Un espejo deformante: apuntes históricos sobre la construcción jurídica de las enfermedades profesionales en Bélgica
title_fullStr Un espejo deformante: apuntes históricos sobre la construcción jurídica de las enfermedades profesionales en Bélgica
title_full_unstemmed Un espejo deformante: apuntes históricos sobre la construcción jurídica de las enfermedades profesionales en Bélgica
title_short Un espejo deformante: apuntes históricos sobre la construcción jurídica de las enfermedades profesionales en Bélgica
title_sort un espejo deformante apuntes historicos sobre la construccion juridica de las enfermedades profesionales en belgica
topic Occupational disease
Silicosis
Labor law
Social history
url http://laboreal.up.pt/es/articles/um-espelho-deformante-notas-historicas-sobre-a-construcao-juridica-das-doencas-profissionais-na-belgica/
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