Finally a guide book
to help primary care physicians and care providers
navigate return-to-work issues. This needed reference
is written from the healthcare provider's point
of view combining the science with the art of
medicine. A Physician's Guide to Return to
Work teaches physicians and health care providers
how to think through the issues of "risk", "capacity"
and "tolerance" when negotiating return-to-work
and stay-at-work issues with patients.
Features &
Benefits:
• A concise compilation of current
data
• The most common questions faced by physicians,
insurers, attorneys, employers and workers'
compensation managers and answered based on
the most current science available
• Written
by practicing physicians and legal experts who
regularly face return-to-work issues
• Delves
into the practical aspects of evidence-based
medicine, causation analysis, functional capacity
evaluations and the legal aspects of return-to-work
decision making
• Ways primary care physicians
can help patients negotiate return-to-work decisions
• Discusses the implications of medication,
driving and work
• The health consequences of
unemployment
• Step-by-step information about
specific body systems
• Specific examples and
case studies
• Tables and charts from the most
current edition of The Medical Disability Advisor
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