Protección de la salud en el trabajo: de lo indemnizatorio mercantil al real cuidado de la salud
This paper questions the mechanisms of protection of health at the workplace currently applied globally in occupational safety and health. The author performed an analysis of occupational health and insurance approaches that have driven the hegemonic practice of occupational health protection, and c...
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| Language: | Spanish |
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2019
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| Online Access: | https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/oaiart?codigo=7299554 |
| Source: | Salud de los Trabajadores, ISSN 1315-0138, Vol. 27, Nº. 2, 2019, pags. 133-146 |
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This paper questions the mechanisms of protection of health at the workplace currently applied globally in occupational safety and health. The author performed an analysis of occupational health and insurance approaches that have driven the hegemonic practice of occupational health protection, and contrasted them with an approach centered on workers' health coming from the field of social medicine/collective health. The methodology used for the development of the paper was that of a documentary investigation, combined with the author’s experience in training, research and organization in occupational health. The epistemic, ontological, methodological, political and practical reflections, on the basis of the documentary review, allows the author to postulate that, despite some benefits of the traditional mechanisms of occupational health protection, these approaches do not transform the working conditions that have historically generated negative effects on the health and life of workers. In contrast, the workers' health-centered approach provides elements that contribute to configuring an integral protection of health care in
the workplace, with a sense of autonomy and emancipation of workers and true commitment to the transformation of both working conditions and those of the means of production. |
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