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The provision of health care in remote hostile environments.
Get PDFThe health care of those who work in remote places associated with hostile environments is reviewed, concentrating on the offshore oil industry and Antarctic populations. An understanding of associated environmental hazards is essential for adequate health care and particular attention is paid to the hyperbaric environment and to environmental heat and cold. The basic medical problems in remote health care are evaluated in three related studies. The first examines 2,162 personnel who required medical evacuations from the offshore structures of four North Sea operating companies, the second with 5,894 presentations from offshore at the A&E department of Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, while the third examines 100 annual medical reports from British Antarctic Survey stations
Compensation for Motor Vehicle Injuries in New Zealand
Get PDFEn Nouvelle-Zélande, l'indemnisation des victimes d'accidents d'automobile n'est qu'une des composantes du régime général d'assurance sans égard à la responsabilité, prévu par la Accident Rehabilitation and Compensation Insurance Act de 1992. Cette loi remplace la Accident Compensation Act de 1982 en abolissant des droits auparavant reconnus aux victimes : indemnisation du préjudice moral sous forme de paiement forfaitaire et exclusion des réclamations pour les conséquences d'un traumatisme psychique. La loi de 1992 s'est avérée largement impopulaire et a ramené les avocats dans le processus d'indemnisation pour les blessures de nature psychique. Ce retour en force des avocats a aussi entraîné une augmentation des réclamations pour dommages exemplaires ou punitifs. Malgré cela, l'indemnisation des victimes d'accidents d'automobile pose peu de problèmes. Le financement du régime est adéquat et il est bien accepté par la population, si ce n'est de la remise en question des indemnités versées aux conducteurs ivres.Compensation for Motor Vehicle injuries in New Zealand is included as part of the overall no fault accident compensation scheme in the Accident Rehabilitation and Compensation Insurance Act 1992. This Act replaced the Accident Compensation Act 1982 and abolished lump sum compensation for injuries and excluded mental trauma injury claims which were available under the previous Act. This led to considerable public dissatisfaction with the 1992 Act and brought lawyers back into the compensation process with damages claims for mental trauma injuries. The renewed interest of lawyers in litigation also led to an increase in exemplary/punitive damages claims. Despite this return to litigation the motor vehicle part of the no fault scheme presents few problems. It is well funded and is well accepted apart from the recurrent question of compensating drunken drivers for their injuries
Reports to the President
Get PDFA compilation of annual reports including a report from the President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, as well as reports from the academic and administrative units of the Institute. The reports outline the year's goals, accomplishments, honors and awards, and future plans
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