ISBN: 9781603595308

Second edition! Confidently handle return to work and work ability issues Risk, capacity and tolerance. Once understood, these three return to work-related issues can help guide physician… More...

Second edition! Confidently handle return to work and work ability issues Risk, capacity and tolerance. Once understood, these three return to work-related issues can help guide physicians through work ability and work cases for numerous diagnoses and body systems. Structured with these themes in mind, this easy-to-read publication includes the latest medical literature reviewed by experts and step-by-step guidance to help negotiate return to work cases. Practical features and second edition updates include: * Four new chapters: Gastrointestinal, Genitourinary, Obstetric and Hematology-Oncology * Updated approaches and references from more than 20 new contributors * Implications of unemployment, medication, work aspects and driving * Forms that can be used to communicate return to work guidelines * Disclaimers to use when writing return to work guidelines * Tips on negotiating with patients * Current science on functional capacity evaluations * Chapters organized by body system, making it easy to use as a reference text for a particular system or diagnosis * Tables contain recommended disability durations by diagnosis * The Cardiopulmonary chapter has been divided into separate cardiac and pulmonary chapters * A new chapter featuring international perspectives on return to work Ideal for: * Physicians, primarily orthopedists, neurosurgeons, and primary care physicians * Nurse case managers * Nurse practitioners and physicians' assistants who function as primary care providers * Lawyers involved in claims handling * Disability insurers * Workers' compensation administrators * Human resource managers New Textbooks>Trade Paperback>Medicine>Medical Ref>Med Prac, American Medical Association Core >1 >T<

2011, ISBN: 9781603595308

American Medical Association, Paperback, Auflage: Second, 510 Seiten, Publiziert: 2011-05-15T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, 0.71 kg, Verkaufsrang: 1268353, Occupational Therapy, Allied H… More...

American Medical Association, Paperback, Auflage: Second, 510 Seiten, Publiziert: 2011-05-15T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, 0.71 kg, Verkaufsrang: 1268353, Occupational Therapy, Allied Health Professions, Medical & Healthcare Practitioners, Health, Family & Lifestyle, Subjects, Books, General Medical Issues, Other Branches of Medicine, Medical Diagnosis, Medical Research & Equipment, Science, Nature & Maths, Medical Sciences A-Z, Reference, Psychology & Psychiatry, Medicine & Nursing, Scientific, Technical & Medical, Occupational & Industrial, Clinical, Medicine & Health Sciences, University Textbooks, Books Global Store, 579c3025-5e5c-446b-80c9-b24e6fd5c94f_3601, 579c3025-5e5c-446b-80c9-b24e6fd5c94f_0, Special Features Stores, Arborist Merchandising Root, American Medical Association, 2011<