Ethics and Skeptics: What Lies Behind Ethical Codes in Occupational Health
Journal of Occupational and Environmental MedicinePublished 1 February 2005
Tee L. Guidotti
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Occupational health may improve its standing as a social priority by recognizing and maneuvering within social frameworks that accomodate it, rejecting social framework that invalidates it, and reinforcing positive cultural trends within society that support it.
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Occupational health may improve its standing as a social priority by recognizing and maneuvering within social frameworks that accomodate it, rejecting social frameworks that invalidate it, and reinforcing positive cultural trends within society that support it.
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