Raines L J
J Occup Med. 1986 Oct;28(10):921-3. doi: 10.1097/00043764-198610000-00006.
This paper discusses the economic and legal incentives for using biological monitoring to detect occupational disease. The limitations of workers' compensation statutes and the various theories of liability for occupational disease are described. After a description of the general principles governing liability, the following issues are discussed: the liability that may result when employers fail to biologically monitor their employees; the company physician's personal liability; liability of manufacturers of hazardous substances; and the employer's duty to report known diseases to affected employees.
本文讨论了利用生物监测来检测职业病的经济和法律激励措施。文中描述了工人赔偿法规的局限性以及职业病责任的各种理论。在阐述了责任的一般原则之后，讨论了以下问题：雇主未对其雇员进行生物监测可能导致的责任；公司医生的个人责任；有害物质制造商的责任；以及雇主向受影响雇员报告已知疾病的义务。
