AMA Guides to Navigating Disability Benefit Systems: Essentials for the Health Care Professional

This book is for front-line health care professionals who do not have specialized training in evaluating patients with regard to work capacity, but who often find themselves facing patients who believe they are unable to work because of a health condition. Written by front-line health care professionals with long histories of working in disability evaluation, this guide dispels confusion and misconception by offering relevant, highly accessible guidance on topics such as: - An introduction to disability evaluation as it interfaces with the legal system - Insight for dealing with disability systems and benefit issues - Fundamental principles of disability evaluations and causation analysis - Guidance for navigating common forms, family and medical leave act, public and private disability, and workers' compensation systems