Riassunto
Principles and Practices of Disability Management in Industry is the most comprehensive, multidisciplinary coverage of disability management strategies, interventions, and services ever put together. The presentation is highly practical, yet scholarly. Contributions were made by some of the leading and most respected practitioners, skilled consultants, and experienced service providers in North America.
The content consists of the very latest practices within disability management that have universal applications. In addition, there is coverage that represents the interests of workers with injuries and disabilities, such as employers, health care providers, attorneys, unions, and other organizations, and educators. Within this book lies the foundation for protecting the employability of workers with disabilities, while offering blueprints for controlling the rapidly escalating costs of injury and disability in the workplace.
The usefulness of Principles and Practices of Disability Management in Industry cannot be overstated. Within its covers are hundreds of references for practitioners, human resources managers, educators, researchers, and others involved in the development, implementation, and evaluation of disability management and transitional work programs for injured workers.
Principles and Practices of Disability Management in Industry is an ideal tool for the professional, an excellent text for the educator, and practical in every sense. It provides up-to-date information and is sensitive to the needs and demands of the disability management movement throughout the world.
Contenuti
Section I: Worksite-based Disability Management Practice
Worksite Disability Management and Industrial Rehabilitation: An Overview-Donald E. Shrey, Ph.D.
Disability Management Practice at the Worksite: Developing, Implementing, and Evaluating Transitional Work Programs-Donald E. Shrey, Ph.D.
The Role of Physical Therapist in Transitional Work Programs-Joseph H. Daly, M.A., P.T.
Occupational Health Nurses in Disability Management-Karen J. Martin, Ph.D., C.O.H.N.
Ergonomics, Injury Prevention, and Disability Management-Anil Mital, Ph.D., P.E.
The Role of the Physician in Disability Management-Steven Scheer, M.D.
Evaluation of Work Disability from a Worker-Work Environment Perspective-Michel Lacerte, M.D., C.R.C. and Lorraine Desjardins, C.R.C.
Building Joint Labor-Management Initiatives for Worksite Disability Management-Debra L. Mills
Interdisciplinary Factors in the Management of Cumulative Trauma-related Disability-Mark R. Stultz, M.S.I.E., P.T.
Functional Capacity Assessment, Worker Evaluation Strategies, and the Disability Management Process-Lester A. Owens, D.O. and Rodney L. Buchholz, M.Ed.
Essential Competencies in Industrial Rehabilitation and Disability Management Practice: A Skills-based Training Model-Norman C. Hursh, Sc.D., C.R.C., C.V.E.
Section II: Disability Management Perspectives and Trends
Historical Perspectives on the Rehabilitation Counseling Profession and Disability Management-Joseph E. Havranek, Ed.D., C.R.C.
Occupational Stress: A Disability Management Perspective-Robert G. Lasky, Ph.D.
Disability Management: A Family Perspective-Paul W. Power, Sc.D., C.R.C. and Arthur E. Dell Orto, Ph.D., C.R.C.
Legal Perspectives on Disability Resolution and Industrial Rehabilitation-Luca E. Conte, Ph.D., C.R.C. and Mary K. Van Antwerp, J.D.
Integrated Disability Management and Claims Management: An Employer-centered Alternative to Costly Litigation-Steven Cantlon
A Canadian Perspective on Disability Management-Wolfgang Zimmermann
Health Insurance, Workers' Compensation, and the Americans with Disabilities Act-Brian T. McMahon, Ph.D., C.R.C.
Protecting the Employability of the Working Elderly-Donald E. Shrey, Ph.D., C.R.C. and Norman G. Hursh, Sc.D., C.R.C., C.V.E.
Managed Care Concepts in the Delivery of Disability Management Services to Industry-William J. DeMarco, C.M.C. and Karen Wolfe, R.N., M.A., M.B.A.
An International View of Work Disability: Trends and Implications for Worker Rehabilitation-Andrew Remenyi
Index
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