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PubMed1973

The physician and workmen's compensation. A new paramedic to help with compensation cases.

The first social, no-fault, insurance legislation in California was the Workmen's Compensation Act of 1911. It has been changed and modified in the years since, and is having an increasing impact on the practice of most California physicians. Many physicians consider caring for the occupationally ill or injured time-consuming and difficult. A newly emerging kind of paramedic, the workmen's compensation benefit administrator, is available to assist the physician in overcoming difficulties encountered. A cooperative effort between the physician and the benefit administrator will expedite management of industrial patients.

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PubMed1956

Workmen's compensation; emphasis on rehabilitation.

Since the first law was enacted in 1911 major emphasis has been placed on monetary satisfaction of liability with insufficient attention to rehabilitation of the occupationally disabled. An effective workmen's compensation program must have three basic goals: (1) Rehabilitation of the occupationally disabled; (2) assured, prompt, and adequate indemnity for the occupationally disabled or their survivors; and (3) minimal costs to employers and society commensurate with the first two goals. It is suggested that the medical societies of each state provide a broadly representative committee to advise the administrative agency on medical policies and practices. This committee would prepare registers of all physicians in each locality who are willing and qualified to accept calls for service to injured employees, would mediate complaints originating with the employee, the employer, the insurance carrier or the administrative agency, and would cooperate with the administrative agency in educational programs for all concerned. It is the physician's responsibility to help the administrative agency in shifting the emphasis from indemnity to rehabilitation. The disabled employee is entitled to all services available to restore him to an earning capacity.

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PubMed1959

Workmen's Compensation Act; some aspects of interest to California physicians.

This article was prepared by Mr. William M. Whelan, Director of Special Services, California Medical Association, under the supervision of Dr. Francis J. Cox, Chairman of the Medical Services Commission of the Association, and Mr. Howard Hassard, the Association's Legal Counsel. It is intended as a brief synopsis of the California Workmen's Compensation Law as it applies to the physician in private practice. It is not an exhaustive treatment of the subject. A physician who desires to acquaint himself in detail with California industrial practice should consult the article entitled "The Physician's Role in Workmen's Compensation," California Medicine, 82:352-362, April, 1955. Inquiries regarding industrial medicine should be addressed to Mr. William M. Whelan, California Medical Association, 450 Sutter St., San Francisco 8.

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PubMed1962