AMA Guides to Disease and Injury Causation

This comprehensive guide aids healthcare professionals in evaluating causation and correlation in disease and injury cases. AMA Guides to Disease and Injury Causation is essential for informed medical assessments.

The second edition of AMA Guides to Disease and Injury Causation serves as a comprehensive resource for understanding the complexities of causation and correlation in medical evaluations. This edition is designed to assist healthcare providers in making informed, evidence-based decisions regarding disease and injury assessments. It includes various case examples that act as effective learning tools, enabling professionals to grasp the nuances of linking clinical findings to medical evidence in a variety of contexts, including workers' compensation and disability cases.

In AMA Guides to Disease and Injury Causation, practitioners are equipped to provide well-informed opinions by carefully reviewing an individual’s clinical history and findings. The book emphasizes the importance of determining individual causation for both work-related and non-work-related conditions, thereby offering a well-rounded approach to medical evaluations. The editors, J. Mark Melhorn, MD, James B. Talmage, MD, William Ackerman III, MD, and Mark H. Hyman, MD, alongside 13 contributing experts, have compiled a resource that is beneficial for a wide range of professionals, including physicians, nurse case managers, and attorneys.

The content is thoughtfully organized by body system, allowing readers to either engage with entire chapters for a thorough education or quickly look up specific information related to current cases. New chapters introduce topics such as specialty-specific causation perspectives and international causation issues, making AMA Guides to Disease and Injury Causation a vital reference for anyone involved in medical determinations and evaluations.