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9780323009591: Disability Evaluation
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 032300959X ISBN 13: 9780323009591
Publisher: Mosby, 2002

Synopsis

Disability Evaluation 2nd Edition is your guide to disability evaluation. This complement to the new, 5th Edition of the AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairments provides the step-by-step guidance you need to judge the degree to which impairments affect performance for specific jobs and whether disability is present. You will also understand how to use tests such as functional capacity evaluations and work hardening to assess and manage disabilities.

  • Examines The AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairments, 5th Edition.

  • Discusses the objective and subjective determination of disability.>

  • Examines both physical and psychiatric disabilities.>

  • Evaluates return-to-work concerns.>

  • Features over 255 illustrations―75 new to this edition.>

  • Includes information on working with allied professions.>

  • Presents fresh perspectives from a wealth of internationally recognized experts.>

  • Organizes impairments by region and body system, to make reference easy.>

  • Helps you prepare for certification exams.
  • A brand-new section on disability featuring discussions of introductory concepts, musculoskeletal disability, internal medicine disability, and more

  • A new appendix reviewing how to fill out forms

  • New coverage of the medical-legal interface that will help you to prepare for depositions, evaluate care mechanisms, and enhance validity criteria on positive and negative outcomes

  • More case examples

  • Expanded international coverage of disability evaluation testing procedures and delivery systems

  • Fresh perspectives from a wealth of new contributors

  • Thoroughly revised and updated throughout

  • Three new chapters: Causality, Evidence-Based Medical Dispute Resolution, and Functional Somatic Syndromes

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    Publisher
    Mosby
    Publication date
    2002
    Language
    English
    ISBN 10 
    032300959X
    ISBN 13 
    9780323009591
    Binding
    Hardcover
    Edition number
    2
    Number of pages
    960