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Community Responsibility for Accident Victims
Author(s) -
KRONICK JANE C.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
hastings center report
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.515
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1552-146X
pISSN - 0093-0334
DOI - 10.2307/3561513
Subject(s) - accident (philosophy) , medical emergency , psychology , medicine , philosophy , epistemology
W hat accident rate should a nation tolerate? Who is to blame for asbestosis, mesothelioma, thalidomide deformities, or dioxin defects? What does a nation owe the victims? What is the government's responsibility and how should it be determined and enforced? These questions are becoming increasingly important. Despite growing regulatory activity, birth defects from teratogenic agents continue, food products contain unknown quantities of toxic substances, and the cancer rate continues to rise. In the United States a victim of one of these environmental hazards can seek