title: Compensation for work-related hematologic, liver, and infectious diseases.
abstract: Occupational diseases may be defined only medically or scientifically, and even then, their definition is not simple. However, compensable occupational diseases involve the additional layer of legal systems and social welfare policies as well. Their multifaceted nature makes determining the work-relatedness of these diseases more complex. Korea has established standards for the recognition of occupational diseases in Schedule 5 of the Enforcement Decree of the Labor Standards Act, and specific criteria for the recognition of occupational diseases are listed in Schedule 3 of the Enforcement Decree of the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act. The new list of compensable occupational diseases comprises 13 articles as an open-ended system. The newly added articles pertain to lymphohematopoietic (Article 5) and infectious diseases (Article 9), as well as diseases of other target organs. Furthermore, the article on liver diseases (Article 8) has been partially revised. The new act has been changed to clarify the meaning as it has been presented in recent research. It is necessary to achieve agreement among concerned parties, including experts from the legal, medical, and social domains to resolve the issues of work-relatedness, causation, notion of aggravation, and so on for preparing a list and a process that are more reasonable.
authors.affiliation: Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Kosin University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea.
authors.forename: Jung-Won
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Preventive and Occupational Medicine, School of Medicine, Pusan National University, Yangsan, Korea.
authors.forename: Dong-Mug
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-0657-0181
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Kang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001554:Benzene / Q000633:toxicity; D056486:Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury / Q000191:economics; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000191:economics*; D004126:Dimethylformamide / Q000633:toxicity; D005260:Female; D006402:Hematologic Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D007854:Lead / Q000633:toxicity; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000191:economics*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000191:economics*; D056910:Republic of Korea; D014241:Trichloroethylene / Q000633:toxicity; D014752:Vinyl Chloride / Q000633:toxicity; D014942:Workers' Compensation / Q000191:economics*
chemical_list: D014241:Trichloroethylene; D007854:Lead; D004126:Dimethylformamide; D001554:Benzene; D014752:Vinyl Chloride
keywords: Hematologic Diseases; Infectious Diseases; Korea; Liver Diseases; Workers' Compensation