AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Disease and Injury Causation, Second Edition

This second edition publication is an essential resource for health care professionals who need to make informed, evidence-based decisions that determine causation for injury and work-related conditions. Users are able to strengthen their opinion by linking clinical findings to a specific causewhether related to the workplace, genetic makeup, a unique event or a combination of factors. Professionals can provide an informed opinion on workers' compensation or disability cases based on a careful review of an individual's clinical findings when linking (or not linking) the condition in question to medical evidence.Features and benefitsFour new chapters: Gastrointestinal, Genitourinary, Obstetric and Hematology-OncologyUpdated approaches and references from more than 20 new contributors Implications of unemployment, medication, work aspects and drivingForms that can be used to communicate return to work guidelinesDisclaimers to use when writing return to work guidelinesTips on negotiating with patientsCurrent science on functional capacity evaluationsChapters organized by body system, making it easy to use as a reference text for a particular system or diagnosisTables contain recommended disability durations by diagnosisThe Cardiopulmonary chapter has been divided into separate cardiac and pulmonary chaptersTackles the issues of occupational and non-occupational, evidence-based causationCase examples that serve as powerful learning tools to physicians and other health care professionals who provide input to medical determinations