title: [Insurance medicine and accident surgery].
abstract: A definition of insurance medicine is presented with due consideration for national peculiarities (social insurances) in Switzerland. The historical development from original trauma-directed accident medicine to the present-day insurance medicine with its more comprehensive nature is shown with particular consideration being given to the close connection with traumatology (trauma surgery/orthopaedic surgery). The guarantee of smooth-running and constructive cooperation between traumatologists and welfare organizations is one of the major tasks of doctors employed in insurance companies, whose sphere of influence and qualifications are under discussion.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung Unfallmedizin, Schweizerischen Unfallversicherungsanstalt SUVA Direktion, Luzern.
authors.forename: E W
authors.initials: EW
authors.lastname: Ramseier
mesh_terms: D000059:Accidents / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005104:Expert Testimony / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D007346:Insurance, Accident / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D007359:Insurance, Surgical / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D013557:Switzerland; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000601:surgery*
vernacular_title: Versicherungsmedizin und Unfallchirurgie.