Measuring Functional Capacity and Work Requirements : Summary of a Workshop /
Gooloo S. Wunderlich, Editor ; Committee to Review the Social Security Administration's Disability Decision Process Research, Dorothy Rice, Chair ; Division of Health Care Services, Institute of Medicine ; and Committee on National Statistics, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council.
- Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1999.
- 1 online resource (x, 111 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references (pages 89-93).
Introduction -- Measuring functional capacity of persons with disabilities in light of emerging demands in the workplace -- Linking components of functional capacity domains with work requirements -- Desired characteristics of instruments to measure functional capacity to work -- The use of functional capacity measures in public and private programs in the United States and other countries -- Adapting measurement of functional capacity to work to SSA's disability decision process -- Recurring themes and issues -- Appendixes.
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Disability evaluation--United States--Congresses. People with disabilities--Employment--United States--Congresses. Social security--United States--Congresses. HEALTH & FITNESS--Work-Related Health. MEDICAL--Occupational & Industrial Medicine. Disability evaluation. People with disabilities--Employment. Social security. Disabled Persons--legislation & jurisprudence. Work Capacity Evaluation. Social Security--legislation & jurisprudence. Task Performance and Analysis.
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