Journal Article Takes Aim at ACOEM

An article in the current edition of “The International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health” launched a blistering attack on the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM), whose guidelines serve as an important basis for workers’ compensation treatment in California and many other states. The article cites what it calls “the conflict of interests inherent in the practice of occupational and environmental medicine” and details numerous instances in which it claims ACOEM and its predecessor organizations deliberately undermi...