[Good practice for medical surveillance by occupational physicians].
Society--employers, workers, trade unions, public--demands the highest standards of professional competence and ethical conduct from occupational physicians. However, defining what exactly constitutes good medical practice and acceptable standards of professional competence and conduct is not so easily done. Good practice in occupational medicine should be aimed not only at improving the effectiveness of preventive action in the strict sense, but also at constantly adopting rigorous methodologies based on evidence and procedures breaking loose from rigid formats, which must be as uniform as possible throughout the country. It's essential, therefore, to develop consensus documents on workers' health surveillance, meeting with approval of occupational health physicians both operating in a free market context or within the framework of public sector health service.
Roscelli
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Azienda USL di Parma, Servizio Prevenzione e Sicurezza Ambienti di Lavoro, Parma. froscelli@ausl.pr.it
Frigeri
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Quercia
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De Rosa
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D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D009787:Occupational Medicine / Q000592:standards*; D011159:Population Surveillance; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000592:standards*