This new title is aimed at assisting in assessing causation. It is designed for health care providers, ancillary service providers, attornies, and legislative agencies to use as a tool in conjunction with individual clinical and exposures data, in making an evidence-based decision about whether a person's medical condition is work-related or attributable to a specific event or exposure.

Covers work-related and non-work-related concerns, and case examples are included as additional learning tools.

Format: Softcover, 456 pages with index
Published: 2008 

This companion to the AMA Guides sets standards for measuring joint range-of-motion. Use it to: Enhance your impairment evaluations; Maximize reproducibility of your measurements; Reduce variability between evaluators; Give your impairment evaluations greater reproducibility and credibility. Order your copy now!

Pub. Date: 2002 (reprinted 2009)
Format: Hardcover, 108 pages 

Authored by Dr. Bernard Blais, practicing ophthalmologist and clinical professor of ophthalmology at the Albany Medical College in Albany, New York, this new guide on vision and visual impairment can be used to determine if visual impairment or disability exists, the severity of the diagnosis, and how this translates into whether a person is able to perform activities of daily living (ADLs) and/or possibly related occupational duties.

Content includes:
*Insight into the differences between visual impairment and visual disability
*Selected examples of occupational ophthalmology and optometry, including possible job accommodations and restrictions
*Fundamental information on the anatomy of the eye, types of vision, aspects of visual impairment, and multiple aspects of vision loss and their connection to visual rehabilitation
*Examples of the latest Americans with Disabilities Act rules that affect visual disability
*Illustrations to show some of the different types of visual exams and ocular screenings, and how to interpret the results
*Charts and figures that clarify difficult concepts and provide concrete assistance to readers

Format: Softcover, 270 pages with index
Publication Date: 2011 

This book documents the rapid evolution of whiplash from a short-lived disorder into a worldwide chronic epidemic that has left millions permanently disabled. It exposes how some medical and legal professionals prey on the anxieties and greed of patients and how whiplash now costs the U.S. alone an estimated $13 to $18 billion a year. "Whiplash and Other Useful Illnesses is recommended reading for anyone involved with persons seeking care or compensation for illness." [NEJM April 3, 2003].

Pub. Date: 2002
Format: Paperback 

Encompasses all aspects of whiplash related injuries. Includes a complete discussion of the mechanics of injury, thorough examination of tissues involved, predominant symptoms, correct examination techniques, and diagnostic tests that will guide to appropriate treatment.
Pub Date: 2006
Format: paperback, 152 pages 

The Guides Casebook, third edition, is designed for use with the recently published Guides to Evaluation of Permanent Impairment, Sixth Edition. Published as a learning tool to correctly apply the principles of the Guides, 6th edition, the featured cases offer an opportunity for experienced evaluators to refine their skills and compare their approaches with those of the authors - all experts in the field of impairment evaluation.

Format: Softcover, 400 pages
Publication Date: December 2008 

Master the AMA Guides, Fifth Edition, is the indispensable companion to the new Guides Fifth. Written by seasoned medical and legal experts, it provides not only a summary of the new Guides Fifth, but also a detailed analysis of complex cases, making it useful for both the occasional user of the Guides and the expert evaluator.

Pub. Date: 2001
Format: Paperback, 401 pages. 

Presents an objective analysis of the AMA Guides (fifth edition) and the background information necessary to understand its medical and legal complexities. Written for physicians, attorneys, judges, and claims professionals to enhance understanding of impairment evaluation through expert analysis of medical measurement techniques and concepts, and legal terminology and principles.

Format: Softcover, 410 pages with index
Publication Date: 2011 

This supplemental publication to the AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment, Sixth Edition (our item number 50012) is designed to assist users of the fifth edition transition to using the sixth edition of the Guides. Ideal for physicians, attorneys, insurers and policy makers.
-Includes quick reference tables that compare and contrast changes between the fifth and sixth editions
-Summarizes the new approach modeled after the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF)
-Reviews key points and changes in each chapter
-Features a state-by-state summary of workers' compensation statutes and interpretations of the Guides
-Offers medical and legal tips that highlight and promote deeper understanding of the impairment assessment methology and its impairment ratings

Format: Softcover, 429 pages with index
Publication Date: 2010 

For the first time in one resource here are the most recent findings and sucessful approaches to Workers' Compensation medical care.

Pub. Date: 2003
ISBN: 1-883595-41-X
Format: Paperback, 238 pages