Abstract
The preventive medicine foundation of occupational medicine impacts all the different practice areas of OEM, whether it involves preventing illness related to a hazardous exposure, treating injury due to an employee health condition, or addressing unnecessary work disability after an occupational injury. The OEM physicians are required to effectivelyinteractwithawiderangeofother professionals and provide guidance not only to patients but also to other clinicians and occupational health nurses, employers, safety and industrial hygiene professionals, human resource managers, attorneys, labor unions, and public health care professionals. In these interactions,OEMphysiciansshouldfollowa strict code of ethics related to matters of confidentiality and potential conflicts of interest. Detailed guidance in this area is provided in ACOEM Code of Ethics. 16 Effective communication in OEM includes risk communication, patient education, workforce education, development of policy and guidance documents, and medical/legal document preparation. Physicians practicing OEM typically
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