Abstract

VERA-ROMERO, Óscar Eduardo; FAILOC-ROJAS, Virgilio Efraín  and  VERA-ROMERO, Franklin Miguel. Conditions and Strategic Role of the Doctor within the Occupational Health and Safety Management System. Med. segur. trab. [online]. 2015, vol.61, n.238, pp.34-44. ISSN 1989-7790.  https://dx.doi.org/10.4321/S0465-546X2015000100004.

The negative impact of occupational accidents is both health and economic. It is estimated that close to 2.3 million deaths a year are due for work. There are risk factors such as exposure to physical risks, chemical, biological, psychosocial, and ergonomic causing imbalance in health and cause accidents, diseases. To protect health in these fields there is a Occupational Medicine. The objective of this study is to describe the role and strategic conditions of the doctor within the occupational health and safety management system. Materials and methods: review of the literature in BIREME, Scielo Peru, Spain, Colombia, and publications of the International Labour Organization (ILO). Conclusion: The strategic role of the doctor within the Occupational Health and Safety Management System presents the approaches: human, medical-legal, economic and social; with direct responsibility for the implementation of policies and programs of occupational health, based on national and international ethical codes.

Keywords : Occupational Health; Occupational Medicine; Physician's Role; Burnout Professional.

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