Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Winter 1984
ISSN
0098-8588
Publisher
American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics
Language
en-US
Abstract
The industrial workplace contains many potential health hazards that not only can cause great harm to workers, but also can destroy the employers’ economic stability. Often these hazards are documented and dealt with, but frequently they are unknown. When health-conscious employers monitor the physical well-being of their employees in an effort to avoid the terrible personal and economic costs these hazards can produce, they may be supplying their employees with the documentation necessary to recover financially for their industrial illnesses.
This Article analyzes this dilemma confronting employers. It describes the many factors employers must consider when deciding whether to institute a monitoring process that takes full advantage of technological developments in medical care. The Article suggests an approach employers may take until some of the disincentives surrounding the implementation of monitoring are removed.
Recommended Citation
Frances H. Miller,
Biological Monitoring: The Employer's Dilemma
,
in
9
American Journal of Law & Medicine
387
(1984).
Available at:
https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1017/S0098858800009199
