ABSTRACT
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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|2 pages
Ideology in Occupational Medicine
chapter Chapter 3|10 pages
The Health Effects of Low-Dose Radiation on Atomic Workers
part 2|2 pages
The Nature of Work and Health
part 3|2 pages
Occupational Health in Developed Capitalist Countries
chapter Chapter 9|16 pages
Workers’ Participation and Control in Italy: The Case of Occupational Medicine
chapter Chapter 10|25 pages
Why Work Kills
chapter Chapter 11|15 pages
Work, Disease, and Occupational Medicine in the Federal Republic of Germany
part 4|1 pages
Occupational Health in Underdeveloped Capitalist Countries