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Medical surveillance is a term used to describe the periodic evaluation of individuals working in an environment where there is concern for potential endangerment of their health. There are many aims to this monitoring. First, and most important, is the moral, ethical, and legal responsibility to protect the health of the worker in the work environment. Second is the need to reassure the workers that they are exposed to no undue hazards. Third is the need of a program to help distinguish between hazard-induced lesions and pathology caused by other sources. The medical-legal implications of the latter are obvious as both preexisting pathology and unrelated pathological events may be attributed to workplace injuries in an attempt to obtain compensation or reimbursement of medical expenses and lost wages.
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Sliney, D.H., Trokel, S.L. (1993). Medical Surveillance. In: Medical Lasers and Their Safe Use. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-9252-1_12
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