Nickle and Dimed in Austria

In "Health Manual for the Tailoring Trade," ("The Collected Clinical
Works of Alfred Adler, Volume 2," Chapter I, pages 1-14) Adler offers
a vivid portrait of oppressive working conditions in 1898 Vienna that
is reminiscent of Barbara Ehrenreich's contemporary, blistering
picture of poverty level wages in the U.S., "Nickel and Dimed, On
(Not) Getting By in America." His complete diagnostic perspective on
the impact of poverty and unhealthy working conditions is sobering--
he details the respiratory, circulatory, structural, muscular,
digestive, visual, and dental deterioration, combined with high
accident rates and an inadequate medical insurance system. As a
reporter, Ehrenreich gives us a powerful impression of "being
there." As a physician, Adler gives us an "x-ray" of the impact of
these working conditions on the human body. He set a high standard
for socially responsible medicine in 1898. Hopefully, more
physicians will begin urging legislators to address these similar
issues today.

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to http://go.ourworld.nu/hstein/cw-v2.htm.

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