AMA Guide to the Evaluation of Work Ability and Return to Work

This is a very old method of determining disability that focuses exclusively on biomedical evidence. (The objective evidence does not support his numerous subjective complaints.) I bought it because it was referenced in my denial of benefits documentation. The statement in parentheses came from my letter of denial of benefits. No, I don’t agree with the methodology of this book, but I was very glad to understand where the denial of benefits was coming from. It currently makes a great doorstop for my bedroom door.

Really a good tool for RTW and Treatment Guides in addition to being a great help in addressing both of these issues with an MD provider in the Work Comp field. Very glad to have it.

Perfect for my job

Any doctor doing medical impairment evaluation or disability assessment need to read this book. It details sound scientific principles and sound practical philosophical approach to work and the total real benefit of work on the human existence.

Useful!

Very useful book. No regrets.

This guide is a good starting point on a way of thinking about what is a complex issue that is likely a day to day problem for physicians, and one about which few are taught much during their training. Start here, but please understand there are limitations associated with this approach that may raise questions about the foundation for their opinions that an evaluator will likely have difficulty answering short of referring back to elements used with which they may not be totally familiar. For example, the authors suggest basing the evaluation on a patient's risk, capacity, and tolerance for work activity, using in part the Social Security Administration's (SSA) criteria for the degree of impairment present for one body system or another. See[...] for the listing that is current as of July 18, 2011. No reference appears to be made to the fact that the Administration holds to themselves in a legal sense the interpretation of these listings, and even the SSA does not use a literal interpretation of the guidelines, but rather consider them as they may have been modified over time by other regulations and court decisions. Consequently the SSA is quite likely to disagree with an evaluator's stated opinion to the effect that a patient does not appear to meet the guidelines so they are able to work. This may be due in part to the fact that the SSA considers the Listings within the framework of many other elements that I do not believe are mentioned in this Guide (and my apologies to the authors if I missed this discussion). See [...]for the current SSA listing of these factors, which continues through section 404.1568. Finally, I did not note any guidelines for how evaluating physicians can do a full and accurate identification and analysis of the job activities and physical demands of the patient's job at the time of injury, which would seem to be an important element for evaluating a person's capacity for returning to work at their past work or for any other work for which they might qualify by the nature of their background and other elements referenced in [...] and elsewhere. So, although I believe the publication would be a good starting point it does not quite take us to the point where its use can likely allow an evaluating physician to fully and accurately predict a person's capacity to work on a regular, sustained, and predictable basis. Phillip Bussey, Ph.D., CRC

Great Resource

Need ongoing delivery notifications.

Soy medico del trabajo en españa y este libro mi guia del dia a dia. Me ha hecho mas facil la vida.

Excelente, Uma ferramenta que nenhum médico do trabalho e perito pode deixar de ter. Recomendo a todos os colegas que se propõe a fazer medicina do trabalho e pericias

Livro com tema bem abrangente , auxiliando médicos do trabalho e saúde ocupacional a ter um referencial para tomada de decisões sobre a capacidade laboral e o retorno ao trabalho .