| Thesis I Work is not just something dangerous – about the broad context of occupational medicine | Occupational medicine is not just about the “classical” monofactorial occupational diseases . It should be holistic and cover “all” work-related factors of importance for workers’ health and workability |
| Thesis II Evidence and the option to act | Occupational medicine is not just about epidemiological evidenceofevidence of causation. It should also deal with the evidence extracted from the story told by the patient you face or the group of workers you encounter |
| Thesis III Prospectively assisting the patient in relation to work | Occupational medicine is not just about finding cases of occupational disease. It should also provide help and support to the patient in his future life and work |
| Thesis IV The workplace and the enterprise | Occupational medicine addresses not only the patient but also the workplace, the working environment, and the understanding and adoption in the enterprises of occupational health and safety |