Building a human rights framework for workers' compensation in the United States: Opening the debate on first principles

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 506-518

  Hilgert, Jeffrey A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Human rights; Injured workers' rights; Labor economics; Social policy; Workers' compensation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHICS; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LEGAL ASPECT; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; POLICY; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PRINCIPLE-BASED ETHICS; UNITED STATES; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 84860669143     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.22023     Document Type: Article

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