Disability Evaluation

A guide to disability evaluation, this complement to the fifth 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'll also understand how to use tests such as functional capacity evaluations and work hardening to assess and manage disabilities.

Table of Contents:
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

Review :
"Should be a winner-and indeed it is! ... Disability Evaluation should become a core reference for any health care provider." JAMA