Addressing the Physician Shortage in Occupational and Environmental Medicine Report of a Study (1991) / Chapter Skim
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To address those issues, the Institute of Medicine (NOM) of the National Academy of Sciences convened a committee in 1987 to examine the rote of the primary care physician in occupational and environmental medicine and to offer recommendations to foster physician involvement in occupational and environmental health.
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The lOM committee recommended that "ail primary care physicians be able to iclentify possible occupationally or environmentally induced conditions and make appropriate referrals for follow-up". ~ To achieve that minimum standard of care, the committee concluded that all physicians must know some basic principles of occupational and environmental medicine, know how to take.
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It includes observations of participants at a workshop convened by the subcommittee in 1989 and amended by specialists in internal medicine, family practice, pediatrics, and occupational and environmental medicine, as well as by representatives from government agencies and private foundations. It makes a series of specific strategic recommenclations for alleviating the physician shortage in occupational and environmental medicine.
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Environmental Medicine: Effects on health from exposure to physical agents and toxic chemical and biologic substances which may be natural or result from human activities.
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