Citation

Vosburgh MG, Kronick JC. J. Marriage Fam. 1980; 42(3): 683-693.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1980, National Council on Family Relations, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.2307/351911

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

This study uses field data and analysis of documents to identify the family implications of the New Zealand Accident Compensation Scheme and suggests how the adoption of the new social welfare principles underlying the implementing Act could impact family policy in the United States. Innovations were the attribution of accidents as a community responsibility, the definition of the family unit in terms of past economic support and the adaptation of common law principles to social provision. The paper recommends the consideration of these principles in present attempts in the United States to protect families from the consequences of sudden disability.