This complement to the 5th Edition of the AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment provides the step-by-step guidance needed to judge the degree to which impairments affect performance for specific jobs and whether disability is present. It also helps clinicians understand how to use tests such as functional capacity evaluations and work hardening to assess and manage disabilities. Disability Evaluation, Second Edition features:

• Sources of disability (pathological conditions and common occupationally related injuries), history, methods of physical examination, radiographic testing and interpretation, disability ratings and work rating information
• A new appendix reviewing how to fill out forms
• New coverage of the medical-legal interface
• More case examples and expanded international coverage of disability evaluation testing procedures and delivery systems
• Three new chapters on causality, evidence-based medical dispute resolution and functional somatic syndromes
• Discussions of introductory concepts, musculoskeletal disability, internal medicine disability and objective and subjective determination of physical and psychiatric disabilities
• Evaluates return-to-work concerns
• Includes information on working with allied professions
• Fresh perspectives from a wealth of internationally recognized experts
• Helps clinicians prepare for certification exams