Abstract
This article reviews the medical literature and describes the author's personal experience with the physician's role in workers' compensation. Work disability costs approach $ 150 billion in the United States. Legal aspects of workers' compensation and the Americans with Disabilities Act are reviewed. The physician specializing in industrial medicine and occupational rehabilitation can be involved in any or all of several components of care: prevention, new employee screens, urgent care, rehabilitation of chronically disabled employees and determination of work-relatedness and disability. Each of these components is discussed in detail.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 81-88 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Journal of Back and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Apr 1998 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Americans with Disabilities Act
- Cumulative trauma disorder
- Low back pain
- Workers' compensation
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
- Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation
- Rehabilitation