Disability Evaluation

Stephen L. Demeter MD MPH; Gunnar B. J. Andersson MD; Stephen L. Demeter; Anderson; Smith

ISBN 10: 032300959X / ISBN 13: 9780323009591

Editore: Mosby, 2002

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This complement to the new, 5th Edition of the AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairments provides the step-by-step guidance needed to judge the degree to which impairments affect performance for specific jobs and whether disability is present. You'll also understand how to use tests such as functional capacity evaluations and work hardening to assess and manage disabilities. A standard format for each body region covers sources of disability (pathological conditions and common occupationally related injuries), history, methods of physical examination, radiographic testing and interpretation, disability ratings, and work rating information.

• 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 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 and expanded international coverage of disability evaluation testing procedures and delivery systems.
• Offers three new chapters: Causality · Evidence-Based Medical Dispute Resolution · and Functional Somatic Syndromes, and a brand-new section on disability featuring discussions of introductory concepts, musculoskeletal disability, internal medicine disability, and more

Contenuti: I. Introduction
1. Introduction to Disability and Impairment
2. The Historical Development of Disability Programs in the U.S.
3. Economic Costs of Disability
4. Federal Workers' Compensation Programs
5. State Workers' Compensation Programs
6. Social Security Disability Programs
7. The Medical-Legal Interface
8. The Physician as a Witness
9. Evidence-based Medical Dispute Resolution
10. Causality
11. Contrasting the Standard, Impairment, and Disability Examination

II. Impairment
12. The Impairment-Oriented Evaluation and Report
A. Musculoskeletal Impairment Assessment
13. Range-of-Motion Evaluation
14. The Role of Radiological Imaging in the Orthopedic Impairment Evaluation
15. Cumulative Trauma
16. Joint Systems: Hand and Wrist
17. Joint Systems: Shoulder and Elbow
18. Joint Systems: Knee and Hip
19. Joint Systems: Foot and Ankle
20. Joint Systems: Cervical Spine
21. Joint Systems: Thoracic and Lumbosacral Spine
B. Internal Medicine Impairment Assessment
22. Pulmonary Diagnostic Techniques
23. Cardiac Diagnostic Techniques
24. The Integrated Cardiopulmonary Exercise Stress Test
25. Pulmonary Impairment
26. Cardiac Impairment
27. Peripheral Vascular Impairment
28. Dermatological Impairment
29. Endocrinologic Impairment
30. Gastrointestinal Impairment
31. Genitourinary Impairment
32. Hematological and Oncological Impairment
C. Neurological Impairment Assessment
33. Neurological Diagnostic Techniques
34. Central Nervous System Impairment
35. Peripheral Nervous System Impairment
36. Visual Impairment
37. ENT Impairment
D. Psychiatric Impairment Assessment
38. Psychiatric Diagnostic Techniques
39. Evaluating and Rating Impairment Caused by Pain
40. Evaluating and Rating Impairment Caused by Stress
41. Psychological Impairment
42. Functional Somatic Syndromes

III. Disability
A. Introductory Concepts
43. The Disability Evaluation and Report
44. Resource Personnel Used in a Disability Evaluation
45. The Role of the Vocational Rehabilitationist
46. Legal Issues of Off-Work
47. Overview of the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Family and Medical Leave Act
48. Department of Labor Disability Forms
49. Disability Under the FAA (Federal Aviation Agency)
50. Disability Under the DOT (Department of Transportation)
51. The Generic Functional Capacity Assessment
52. Can Joe Work?
B. Musculoskeletal Disability
53. Introduction to Fitness-For-Duty
54. Ergonomic Basis for Job-Related Strength Testing
55. The Functional Capacity Evaluation
56. Work Hardening
57. Orthpedic Disability - The Joints
58. Orthpedic Disability - The Spine
C. Internal Medicine Disability
59. Pulmonary Disability
60. Cardiac Disability
61. Peripheral Vascular Disability
62. Dermatological Disability
63. Endocrinological Disability
64. Gastrointestinal Disability
65. Renal Disability
66. Hematological and Oncological Disability
D. Neurological Disability
67. Central Nervous System Disability
68. Peripheral Nervous System Disability
E. Psychiatric Disability
69. Psychiatric Disability

Appendix A: Biostatistics and Epidemiology: A Review of Topics Found in this book
Appendix B: How to Fill Out Disability and Return-to-Work Forms
Appendix C: Resource Lists
Appendix D

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Titolo: Disability Evaluation
Casa editrice: Mosby
Data di pubblicazione: 2002
Legatura: Hardcover
Condizione: Very Good
Condizione sovraccoperta: No Jacket
Edizione: seconda edizione