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| Prologue | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The History of Occupational Medicine | |
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| History | |
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| Early America | |
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| The Industrial Revolution | |
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| The Company Doctor | |
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| Board Recognition | |
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| The Workers' Compensation Environment | |
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| Laws | |
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| Compensation | |
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| Choice of Physician | |
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| Independent Medical Examinations | |
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| Mental Health Claims | |
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| Role of Insurance Companies | |
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| Medical Treatment | |
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| Quality of Medical Care | |
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| Costs | |
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| History | |
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| Problem Areas | |
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| Statistical Data | |
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| Fraud | |
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| Occupational Medicine | |
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| The Injured Worker and the Healthcare Professional | |
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| Patients | |
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| Background | |
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| Other Parties | |
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| The Workers' Compensation System | |
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| Goals | |
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| Modified Duty | |
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| Medication | |
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| Rehabilitation | |
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| Progress | |
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| Family Members | |
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| Supervisor | |
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| Case Manager | |
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| Practice Guidelines | |
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| Delayed Recovery | |
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| Patient Relations | |
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| Basic Interview | |
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| Return to Work | |
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| System | |
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| Stress of Injury | |
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| Disability | |
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| Chronic Pain | |
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| Theory | |
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| The Injured Worker and other Stakeholders | |
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| Statistics | |
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| Managed Care | |
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| Insurance Investigators | |
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| Insurance | |
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| Return to Work | |
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| Variables Contributing to the Cost of Injuries | |
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| Background | |
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| Emotional Disorders | |
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| Simulation Disorders | |
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| Diagnostic Studies | |
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| Rehabilitation | |
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| Litigation | |
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| Lost Productivity | |
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| Tertiary Gain | |
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| Chronic Pain | |
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| Fitness for Duty | |
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| Employer's Representative | |
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| The Supervisor | |
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| Insurance | |
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| Permanent Disability | |
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| Disability Awards | |
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| Summary | |
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| Quality of Care Issues | |
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| Background | |
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| Program Variations | |
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| Standards | |
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| Past Analysis | |
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| Surveys | |
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| Other Practice Parameters | |
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| Ill-Defined Injury and Illness | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Emotional Pain | |
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| Personality Disorder Traits | |
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| Chronic Disability Syndromes | |
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| Definitions | |
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| Problem | |
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| Causation | |
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| Management | |
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| Chronic Pain | |
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| The Second Injury | |
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| Disorders of Simulation | |
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| Malingering | |
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| Compensation Neurosis | |
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| Factitious Disorders | |
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| Management of the Difficult Patient | |
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| Background | |
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| Malingering | |
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| Further Clues to Malingering | |
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| Non-organic Signs | |
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| Other Useful Tests in the Physical Examination | |
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| Other Useful Signs That Point to Non-organic Pain | |
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| Profile | |
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| Factitious Disorder | |
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| Somatoform Disorders | |
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| Compensation Neurosis | |
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| Strategy | |
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| Summary | |
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| The Corporate Medical Director | |
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| Functions | |
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| Roles | |
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| Effectiveness | |
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| Management | |
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| Competing Interests | |
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| The Scope of Occupational Medicine | |
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| Essential Components | |
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| Preventive Medicine | |
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| Environmental Medicine | |
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| Disability Management | |
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| Potential Solutions | |
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| Past History | |
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| Recommendations | |
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| Certified Medical Providers | |
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| Transform the Disability Award System | |
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| Employee Counseling | |
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| Supervisor Training | |
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| Summar | |
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| Case Histories | |
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| The dog bitten patient that became paralyzed | |
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| The dishonest laborer with a changing history | |
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| The warehouse worker with a hernia | |
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| A back injury with no pre-placement physical | |
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| The hotel worker claiming job stress | |
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| The parolee on a work program | |
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| The brain damaged patient accused of fraud | |
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| Head trauma patient accused of fraud | |
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| The worker sued the insurance company for malicious prosecution | |
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| Appendixes | |
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| Comparison of Payments Between the States Of the U.S. for Workers' Compensation Medical Services | |
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| Barkemeyer-Callon-Jones Malingering Detection Scale | |
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| References | |
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| Index | |
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| About the Author | |