AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Work Ability and Return to Work (Guides to the Evaluation of Work Ability and Return to Work)

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. [Ed.] This Book Will Help The Reader Think Through Helping Patients With Return-to-work Decisions When Persisting Symptoms And Problems From Illness Or Injury Make Work Difficult--provided By Publisher. Why Staying At Work Or Returning To Work Is In The Patient's Best Interest / James B. Talmage, J. Mark Melhorn, And Mark Hyman -- How To Think About Work Ability And Work Restrictions : Risk, Capacity, And Tolerance / James B. Talmage, J. Mark Melhorn, And Mark Hyman -- How To Negotiate Return To Work / J. Mark Melhorn And James R. Rainville -- Return To Work: Forms, Records, And Disclaimers / J. Mark Melhorn And Mark H. Hyman -- Evidence-based Medicine And Causal Analysis / J. Mark Melhorn, Kurt T. Hegmann, And Elizabeth Genovese (posthumous) -- Functional Capacity Evaluation In Return-to-work Decision Making: Risk, Capacity, And Tolerance / Douglas P. Gross And Michiel F. Reneman -- The Medical And Legal Aspects Of Return-to-work Decision Making / David J. Depaolo -- Disability Determinations And Return To Work / Les Kertay -- Medications, Driving, And Work / James B. Talmage, J. Mark Melhorn, And Mark H. Hyman -- The Challenges To And Importance Of The Primary Care Physician's Role In Return To Work / Douglas Martin -- Working With Common Spine Problems / Marjorie Eskay-auerbach -- Working With Common Upper Extremity Problems / J. Mark Melhorn And Shirley M. Seaman -- Working With Common Lower Extremity Problems / Randy Lea -- Working With Common Cardiovascular Problems / Mark H. Hyman, Jawali Jaranilla, And Thomas E. Kottke -- Working With Common Pulmonary Problems / Mark H. Hyman And Philip Harber -- Working With Common Neurologic Problems / Edwin H. Klimek -- Working With Common Rheumatologic Problems -- Working With Common Gastrointestinal Problems / Cynthia Ko -- Urologic Disease Christopher / J. Welty, Michael Porter -- Working During Pregnancy / Anjel Vahratian -- Hematology/oncology / Michael Feuerstein And Gina Bruns -- Working With Common Psychiatric Problems -- Working With Common Functional Syndromes : Fibromyalgia And Chronic Fatigue Syndrome / James B. Talmage -- International Perspectives On Return To Work / Dwight Dowda, Clement Leech, Karen Belkic. [edited By] James B. Talmage, J. Mark Melhorn, Mark H. Hyman. Rev. Ed. Of: A Physician's Guide To Return To Work / Editors, James B. Talmage, J. Mark Melhorn. C2005. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. 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 Risk, capacity and tolerance. Once understood, these three “return to work”-related issues can help guide physicians through work- and ability-related 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. Updated from the bestselling first edition published in 2005, this highly anticipated second edition includes forms that can be used to communicate return to work guidelines, disclaimers to use when writing guidelines and current science on functional capacity evaluations. Features and Benefits 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 Cover 1 Front Matter 2 Title Page 2 Copyright Page 3 Dedication 4 Acknowledgments 5 Contributors 6 Table of Contents 10 Reviewers 13 Preface to 2nd Ed 14 Preface to 1st Ed 16 Chapter 1 Why Staying at Work or Returning to Work is in the Patient's Best Interest 20 Chapter 2 How to Think About Work Ability 28 Chapter 3 How to Negotiate Return to Work 42 Chapter 4 Return to Work: Forms, Records, and Disclaimers 66 Chapter 5 Evidence-based Medicine and Causal Analysis 88 Chapter 6 Functional Capacity Evaluation 106 Chapter 7 The Medical and Legal Aspects 118 Chapter 8 Disability Derterminations 134 Chapter 9 Medications, Driving, and Work 154 Chapter 10 The Challenges to and Importance of the Primary Care Physician 164 Chapter 11 Working With Common Spine Problems 178 Chapter 12 Common Upper Extremity Problems 196 Chapter 13 Common Lower Extremity Problems 248 Chapter 14 Common Cardiovascular Problems 274 Chapter 15 Common Pulmonary Problems 310 Chapter 16 Common Neurological Problems 336 Chapter 17 Common Rheumatologic Problems 358 Chapter 18 Common Gastrointestinal Problems 372 Chapter 19 Urologic Disease 390 Chapter 20 Working During Pregnancy 408 Chapter 21 Hematology/Oncology 418 Chapter 22 Common Psychiatric Problems 430 Chapter 23 Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome 446 Chapter 24 International Perspectives 452 Index 494 Written by practicing physicians and legal experts who regularly face return-to-work (RTW) issues, this publication simplifies the complex issues of work ability and disability certification into three relevant themes: risk, capacity and tolerance. These themes will help guide physicians through work ability and work cases for numerous diagnoses and body systems.