Download or read book Medical Impairment and Disability Evaluation Associated Medicolegal Issues An Issue of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America Ebook written by Robert D. Rondinelli and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2019-06-21 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Guest edited by Drs. Marjorie Eskay-Auerbach and Robert Rondinelli, this issue of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics will discuss Medical Impairment and Disability Evaluation and Associated Medicolegal Issues. This issue is one of four selected each year by our series Consulting Editor, Dr. Santos Martinez of the Campbell Clinic. Topics in this issue include, but are not limited to: The Physician’s Approach to Impairment Rating and Disability Benefits Determinations; Claimant-related Issues; Evaluating Return-to-work ability using Functional Capacity Evaluation; Evaluating Human Functioning Using CAT Methodology for Disability Determination within the SSA; Burden of treatment compliance; Measuring Quality of Life Loss in Litigation; Medical-Legal Causation Analysis; Actuarial Analysis and Life Expectancy Determination after Catastrophic Illness or Injury; Validity Assessment in Acquired Brain Injury Disability Evaluation; Medicolegal Expert Core Competencies & Professionalism; The Physician as Expert Witness; Rehabilitating the Injured Worker to Maximum Medical Improvement (MMI); The Independent Medical Examination (IME); and Life Care Planning, among other topics.
Download or read book Medical Impairment and Disability Evaluation Associated Medicolegal Issues an Issue of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America written by Robert D. Rondinelli and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2019-08-28 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Guest edited by Drs. Marjorie Eskay-Auerbach and Robert Rondinelli, this issue of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics will discuss Medical Impairment and Disability Evaluation and Associated Medicolegal Issues. This issue is one of four selected each year by our series Consulting Editor, Dr. Santos Martinez of the Campbell Clinic. Topics in this issue include, but are not limited to: The Physician's Approach to Impairment Rating and Disability Benefits Determinations; Claimant-related Issues; Evaluating Return-to-work ability using Functional Capacity Evaluation; Evaluating Human Functioning Using CAT Methodology for Disability Determination within the SSA; Burden of treatment compliance; Measuring Quality of Life Loss in Litigation; Medical-Legal Causation Analysis; Actuarial Analysis and Life Expectancy Determination after Catastrophic Illness or Injury; Validity Assessment in Acquired Brain Injury Disability Evaluation; Medicolegal Expert Core Competencies & Professionalism; The Physician as Expert Witness; Rehabilitating the Injured Worker to Maximum Medical Improvement (MMI); The Independent Medical Examination (IME); and Life Care Planning, among other topics.
Download or read book Polytrauma Rehabilitation An Issue of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America written by Blessen C. Eapen and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2018-11-23 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Guest edited by Drs. Blessen C. Eapen and David X. Cifu, this issue of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics will cover several key areas of interest related to Polytrauma Rehabilitation. This issue is one of four selected each year by our series Consulting Editor, Dr. Santos Martinez of the Campbell Clinic. Articles in this issue include, but are not limited to: Adaptive Sports and Military Paralympics, Assistive Technology, Telerehabilitation, Burn Rehabilitation, Cognitive Rehabilitation, Management of the Polytrauma Clinical Triad, Integrative Medicine, Lower Extremity Amputation and Prosthetics, Pain Management, Spinal Cord Injury, Upper Extremity Amputation and Prosthetics, Vision Rehabilitation, Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment, Acute Polytrauma Rehabilitation, Neurosensory Deficits after TBI, and Neurobehavioral Management of Polytrauma Veteran, among others.
Download or read book Technological Advances in Rehabilitation An Issue of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America written by Joel Stein and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2019-04-15 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Guest edited by Drs. Joel Stein and Leroy R. Lindsay, this issue of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics will cover several key areas of interest related to Technological Advances in Rehabilitation. This issue is one of four selected each year by our series Consulting Editor, Dr. Santos Martinez of the Campbell Clinic. Articles in this issue include, but are not limited to: Functional Electrical Stimulation; Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation; Spinal Cord Stimulation for Motor Rehabilitation; Robotics for Limb Rehabilitation; Virtual Reality and Gaming; New Technologies in Prosthetics and Amputee Rehabilitation; Regenerative Medicine; Smart Homes and other Technology for Adaptive Living; Big Data and Rehabilitation; and Telemedicine in Rehabilitation.
Download or read book Cerebral Palsy An Issue of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America E Book written by Aloysia Schwabe and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2019-12-03 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This issue of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics, guest edited by Dr. Aloysia L. Schwabe, will cover a number of important topics related to Cerebral Palsy. This issue is one of four each year selected by our series Consulting Editor, Dr. Santos Martinez. Articles in this issue include but are not limited to: Comprehensive Care in CP, The Expanding Role of Genetics in CP, Musculoskeletal Imaging in CP, Updates in Medical Management of Hypertonia, Biomechanics and Lower Limb Bracing, Surgical tone Reduction In CP, Motion Analysis in Pre-operative Surgical Planning, Technological Advances in CP Rehabilitation, Adaptive Sports and Recreation, Transition, Adult Orthopedic Issues in CP, and CPRN.
Download or read book Value Added Electrodiagnostics An Issue of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America E Book written by Karen P Barr and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2018-10-08 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This issue of Physical Medicine and Rehabiltiation Clinics, guest edited by Drs. Karen Barr and Ileana Michelle Howard, will cover several key aspects of Value-Added Electrodiagnostics. At the invitation of series Consulting Editor Dr. Santos Martinez, the editors put together a comprehensive issue discussing topics including: Targeting interventions for fall risk reduction; Detecting toxic myopathies as medication side effect; Predicting response from interventional spine procedures; Planning interventions to treat plexopathies; Minimizing risk of cancer therapeutics; Predicting Recovery from Peripheral Nerve Trauma; Detecting complications of metabolic syndrome and diabetes; Steering peripheral neuropathy work-up; Elucidating the cause of pelvic pain; and Guiding treatment for foot pain, among others.
Download or read book Rehabilitation in Developing Countries An Issue of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America written by Joseph Jacobs and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2019-10-05 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Guest edited by Dr. Joseph Jacob, this issue of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics will discuss “Rehabilitation in Developing Countries, with a foreword written by Dr. Wouter deGroote. This issue is one of four selected each year by our series Consulting Editor, Dr. Santos Martinez of the Campbell Clinic. Topics in this issue include, but are not limited to: Epidemiology of Disability, Community Based Rehabilitation in Developing Countries, Rehabilitation in Disaster Relief, Rehabilitation in Latin America, Rehabilitation in Africa, Rehabilitation in China, Rehabilitation in Nepal, Rehabilitation in Bangladesh, Rehabilitation in Malaysia, Rehabilitation in South India, Rehabilitation Technology for Developing Countries, and Facilitators and Barriers to The Rehabilitation Workforce, among others.
Download or read book Pharmacologic Support in Pain Management An Issue of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America written by Steven Stanos and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2020-05-11 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This issue of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics, guest edited by Drs. Steven Stanos and James Babington, will discuss Pharmacologic Support in Pain Management. This issue of one of four issues selected each year by series Consulting Editor, Santos Martinez. Topics discussed in this issue include, but are not limited to: Buprenorphine in the management of addiction and pain, Methadone, Anticonvulsants for neuropathic pain, Antidepressants for chronic pain, NSAIDs for acute and chronic pain, Topical analgesics, Muscle Relaxants for acute and chronic pain, Opioid Management: Initiating, Monitoring and Tapering, Integrating CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Acute and Chronic Pain, Opioid Pharmacology and Side Effect Management, among others.
Download or read book Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitation An Issue of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America E Book written by Blessen C. Eapen and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2017-04-13 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This issue will focus on traumatic brain injury and will include articles on the following: Pathophysiology of TBI; Acute Management of Moderate-Severe TBI; Disorder of Consciousness; Rehabilitation of Moderate-Severe TBI; Acute Diagnosis and Management of Concussion; Rehabilitation of Persistent Symptoms after Concussion Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy; Unique Aspect of TBI in the Military and Veteran; and many more!
Download or read book Brain Injury Medicine written by Nathan D. Zasler and published by Demos Medical Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 1320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covers the full continuum from early diagnosis and evaluation through rehabilitation, post-acute care, and community re-entry. Includes assessment and treatment, epidemiology, pathophysiology, neuroanatomy, neuroimaging, the neuroscientific basis for rehabilitation, ethical and medicolegal issues, life-care planning, and more.
Download or read book Assessing Impairment written by Sam Goldstein and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-06-24 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Impairment and disability are widely used terms, yet considerable disagreement exists as to their relationship—especially when impairment means different things to different professionals in the fields of mental health, medicine, and education. Although diagnostic criteria for various disorders are clearly detailed in the DSM-IV and elsewhere, criteria for impairment remain elusive. And patients with severe limitations but minimal symptoms, or the reverse, further complicate the discussion. The first in-depth treatment of the theory, definition, and evaluation of this core concept, Assessing Impairment: From Theory to Practice cuts through the confusion and cross-talk. Leading scholars and clinicians offer a robust evidence base for a much-needed reconceptualization of impairment within the context of diagnosis and disability, arguing for a wide-ranging quality-of-life perspective. This contextual approach to assessment goes beyond mere symptom counting, resulting in more accurate diagnosis, targeted interventions, and improved patient functioning. Within this concise but comprehensive volume, coverage focuses on key areas including: Current conceptualizations from the DSM-IV and other medical models. Methodologies for measuring symptom severity and impairment. Social/behavioral issues, such as resilience, adaptive behaviors, and family environment. Developmental issues across the life span. Legal and ethical questions and civil rights issues. Impairment and disability as they relate to trauma. The interdisciplinary model proposed in Assessing Impairment gives clinicians vital tools for working with the unique limitations and strengths of every patient. Child, school, and educational psychologists will find it particularly useful, given the critical importance of early detection and the complexity of young people’s lives.
Download or read book Eating Disorders in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry An Issue of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America written by Jennifer Derenne and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2019-08-24 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Guest edited by Drs. Marjorie Eskay-Auerbach and Robert Rondinelli, this issue of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics will discuss Medical Impairment and Disability Evaluation and Associated Medicolegal Issues. This issue is one of four selected each year by our series Consulting Editor, Dr. Santos Martinez of the Campbell Clinic. Topics in this issue include, but are not limited to: The Physician’s Approach to Impairment Rating and Disability Benefits Determinations; Claimant-related Issues; Evaluating Return-to-work ability using Functional Capacity Evaluation; Evaluating Human Functioning Using CAT Methodology for Disability Determination within the SSA; Burden of treatment compliance; Measuring Quality of Life Loss in Litigation; Medical-Legal Causation Analysis; Actuarial Analysis and Life Expectancy Determination after Catastrophic Illness or Injury; Validity Assessment in Acquired Brain Injury Disability Evaluation; Medicolegal Expert Core Competencies & Professionalism; The Physician as Expert Witness; Rehabilitating the Injured Worker to Maximum Medical Improvement (MMI); The Independent Medical Examination (IME); and Life Care Planning, among other topics.
Download or read book Manual of Traumatic Brain Injury Third Edition written by Felise S. Zollman, MD and published by Springer Publishing Company. This book was released on 2021-07-22 with total page 802 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The third edition of Manual of Traumatic Brain Injury offers a thorough revision of the popular evidence-based guide to understanding and managing all levels of traumatic brain injury. Comprehensive in scope and concise in format, this reference describes the spectrum of injury from mild to severe and the continuum of care from initial injury to management of chronic sequelae. Chapters are designed with a practical clinical focus for targeted retrieval of content by topic area and for self-review. The text is organized into five sections. Part I addresses fundamental concepts necessary for understanding the underpinning of clinical decision-making. Part II is dedicated to mild TBI, including sport-related concussion, with chapters covering topics from natural history to associated somatic disorders, post-concussion syndrome, and PTSD. Part III covers moderate to severe TBI and details prehospital emergency and ICU care, rehabilitation, treatment of related conditions, and postinjury outcomes. Part IV focuses on TBI-related complications, including posttraumatic seizures, spasticity, behavioral and sleep disturbances, and chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). Part V reviews special considerations in selected populations such as pediatric TBI and TBI in the military, as well as medicolegal and ethical considerations in TBI, complementary and alternative medicine, and return to work considerations. Each chapter includes boxed Key Points which underscore major clinical takeaways, Study Questions to facilitate self-assessment and further emphasize core chapter content, and an Additional Reading list for a deeper dive into chapter concepts. Significant updates incorporating recent advancements in the field, combined with the clinical acumen of its experienced contributors, make this third edition the essential manual for healthcare professionals caring for individuals with traumatic brain injury. Key Features: Succinct format encourages targeted access to key clinical information Completely revised and updated third edition reflects current state of the art advancements Added content areas such as a new chapter dedicated to substance abuse and TBI expand the scope of material addressed Newly added multiple choice Study Questions in each chapter facilitate self-assessment of mastery of chapter material
Download or read book Impairment Rating and Disability Evaluation written by Robert D. Rondinelli and published by Saunders. This book was released on 2000 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide offers discussions of all aspects of the assessment and evaluation of impairment and disability. Included are the physician exam, reporting requirements, common assessment tools, legal issues, workers' compensation, Social Security, and Veteran Affairs compensation and pensioning. The book features detailed information on the rating, reporting, requirements, and forms for both the United States and Canada.
Download or read book Motor Vehicle Collisions Medical Psychosocial and Legal Consequences written by Melanie P Duckworth and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2008-07-01 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Motor Vehicle Collisions: Medical, Psychosocial, and Legal Consequences is a comprehensive review of the motor vehicle collision (MVC) experience and includes chapters relevant to the assessment and treatment of multiple consequences of MVC involvement, including medical, psychosocial, and legal difficulties. The book is designed to be accessible to both clinicians and researchers interested in the study of MVCs and in the management of MVC-related problems. The aim of this book is to capture the MVC experience from a multidisciplinary perspective, This book will serve as a necessary reference for physicians, rehabilitation specialists, allied medical professionals, psychologists, and lawyers. Presents the complete chronology of an MVC from immediate aftermath to chronic disability Details evidence-based assessment and treatment practices across disciplines Addresses cultural factors that influence assessment and treatment of MVC sufferers
Download or read book A Casebook of Ethical Challenges in Neuropsychology written by Shane S. Bush and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2004-11-23 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The American Psychological Association published a revision of the Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct in 2002.This text, a companion to the 2002 text Ethical Issues in Clinical Neuropsychology by Bush and Drexler, presents the reader with common ethical challenges in neuropsychology. This text examines the differences between the 1992 and 2002 APA Ethics Codes as they relate to neuropsychological activities. The authors present cases and discuss ethical issues related to neuropsychological practice with a variety of patient populations and in a variety of clinical settings. In addition, ethical issues in neuropsychological research and test development are examined. The text also includes chapters on emerging and particularly challenging aspects of neuropsychological practice, such as the assessment of response validity, and the use of information technology and telecommunications. Through the use of case illustrations, the authors examine ethical issues in neuropsychology and the new Ethics Code, offering a practical approach for understanding and promoting ethical neuropsychological practice.
Download or read book Improving the Social Security Disability Decision Process written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2007-06-14 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Social Security Administration (SSA) provides Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits to disabled persons of less than full retirement age and to their dependents. SSA also provides Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payments to disabled persons who are under age 65. For both programs, disability is defined as a "medically determinable physical or mental impairment" that prevents an individual from engaging in any substantial gainful activity and is expected to last at least 12 months or result in death. Assuming that an applicant meets the nonmedical requirements for eligibility (e.g., quarters of covered employment for SSDI; income and asset limits for SSI), the file is sent to the Disability Determination Services (DDS) agency operated by the state in which he or she lives for a determination of medical eligibility. SSA reimburses the states for the full costs of the DDSs. The DDSs apply a sequential decision process specified by SSA to make an initial decision whether a claim should be allowed or denied. If the claim is denied, the decision can be appealed through several levels of administrative and judicial review. On average, the DDSs allow 37 percent of the claims they adjudicate through the five-step process. A third of those denied decide to appeal, and three-quarters of the appeals result in allowances. Nearly 30 percent of the allowances made each year are made during the appeals process after an initial denial. In 2003, the Commissioner of Social Security announced her intent to develop a "new approach" to disability determination. In late 2004, SSA asked the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to help in two areas related to its initiatives to improve the disability decision process: 1) Improvements in the criteria for determining the severity of impairments, and 2) Improvements in the use of medical expertise in the disability decision process. This interim report provides preliminary recommendations addressing the three tasks that relate to medical expertise issues, with a special focus on the appropriate qualifications of medical and psychological experts involved in disability decision making. After further information gathering and analyses of the effectiveness of the disability decision process in identifying those who qualify for benefits and those who do not, the committee may refine its recommendations concerning medical and psychological expertise in the final report. The final report will address a number of issues with potential implications for the qualifications of the medical experts involved in the disability decision process.
