Cancer in the hospital: one nurse's lonely battle to defend her rights
2018
18
33-36
occupational disease ; cancer ; occupation disease relation ; nurse ; compensation of occupational diseases ; cytotoxic drugs ; exposure ; trade union document
Occupational diseases
English
Ill.;Photos
"Faced with two institutions largely averse to self-criticism, the medical sector and the justice system, one Spanish nurse stood her ground: her long battle for recognition of the occupational nature of the cancer that affected her almost 20 years ago has finally been won. She has taken this opportunity to highlight the risks other nurses face from the cancer treatments they administer."
Digital;Paper
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