Mine medicine: knowledge and power on South Africa's gold mines

被引:4
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作者
McCulloch, Jock [1 ]
机构
[1] RMIT Univ, Sch Social Sci & Planning, Melbourne, Vic 3001, Australia
关键词
DISEASE;
D O I
10.1080/0023656X.2013.807098
中图分类号
K [历史、地理];
学科分类号
06 ;
摘要
South Africa's gold mines were the first to compensate for silicosis and tuberculosis as occupational diseases. They were also the first mines to introduce medical surveillance of a workforce. Despite those innovations, both employers and state authorities failed to identify the risk faced by underground workers, and the Rand mines remained among the most dangerous in the world. The reasons for that failure are found in the system of mine medicine, which hid rather than revealed the actual disease rates.
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页码:421 / 435
页数:15
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