| Date: |
2008 |
| Abstract: |
This article explores the emergence and recognition of silicosis as an occupational disease in interwar Spain. Following International Labour Office guidelines, growing international concerns and local medical evidence, Republican administrators provided the first health care facilities to silicosis sufferers, who eventually became entitled to compensation under the Law of Occupational Diseases (1936), poorly implemented due to the outbreak of the Civil War (1936-39). Silicosis became a priority issue on the political agenda of the new dictatorial regime because it affected lead and coalmining, key sectors for autarchic policies. The Silicosis Scheme (1941) provided compensation for sufferers, although benefits were minimised by its narrow coverage and the application of tight criteria. |
| Rights: |
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| Language: |
Anglès |
| Document: |
Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada |
| Subject: |
Silicosi ;
Malalties professionals ;
Legislació compensadora ;
Primer franquisme ;
Espanya ;
Silicosis ;
Enfermedades profesionales ;
Legislación compensadora ;
II República ;
Primer Franquismo ;
España ;
Occupational diseases ;
Workmen's compensation ;
Second Republic ;
First Francoism ;
Spain |
| Published in: |
Dynamis : Acta Hispanica ad Medicinae Scientiarumque. Historiam Illustrandam, V. 28 (2008) p. 77-102, ISSN 2340-7948 |
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