Regulating Workers Compensation
The Medico Legal Evaluation of Injured Workers in Victoria
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11228740 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Carol Gribich (corresponding author), Michael McGartland, Steve Polgar |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 241-263 |
| Publication date | 1998-08-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Australian Journal of Social Issues (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0157-6321 • E-ISSN: 1839-4655 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/j.1839-4655.1998.tb01333.x |
| OpenAlex | W2586303436 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 14 |
Sociological research on occupational injury has been dominated by perspectives from the social organisation of work and the labour process. What is missing from this literature is an explanation of the actual experiences at the individual worker within the processes of legitimation of occupational injury. This study explores the experiences of injured workers as they move through the medico‐legal process. Medical reports and clients perspectives were used to expose the positions of doctors, insurance companies, lawyers and workers compensation bureaucrats as they form a complex intersection of power and interest in the regulation of injured workers. In particular, the conflicting roles of doctors as both gatekeepers and service providers were highlighted in the maintenance of stigmatised damaged workers
Business · Compensation (psychology · Criminology · Legitimation · Occupational safety and health · Political science · Politics · Process (computing · Project commissioning · Public relations · Publishing · Sociology · Work (physics · Workers' compensation · Engineering · Law · Occupational Health and Safety Research · Psychology · Social Psychology · Social Work
| Citations per year | 0.11 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2017 - 2017 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |