Article ID: CBB000931727

The Politics of Silicosis in Interwar Spain: Republican and Francoist Approaches to Occupational Health (2008)

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Menéndez Navarro, Alfredo (Author)


Dynamis: Acta Hispanica ad Medicinae Scientiarumque Historiam Illustrandam
Volume: 28
Pages: 77--102


Publication Date: 2008
Edition Details: Part of a special issue.
Language: English

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. \ KEYWORDS: silicosis, occupational diseases, workmen's compensation, Second Republic, First Francoism, Spain.

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Authors & Contributors
Rodríguez Ocaña, Esteban
Melling, Joseph
Martínez-Pérez, José
Molero-Mesa, Jorge
Jiménez-Lucena, Isabel
Bufton, Mark W.
Concepts
Public health
Medicine and politics
Industrial medicine; occupational diseases
Medicine and society
Epidemics
Sexually transmitted diseases
Time Periods
20th century, early
19th century
20th century, late
20th century
17th century
16th century
Places
Spain
Great Britain
Europe
Middle and Near East
Yugoslavia
Sicily
Institutions
Rockefeller Foundation
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