Abstract
The relationship among impairment, disability, and return to work plays a critical role in both research and practice. However, the relationship issues, controversies, and conceptual and definitional quagmires have adversely hindered the establishment of effective research and clinical methodology. Our chapter intends to both address these difficulties and propose an effective solution, that is, the inclusion of an integrated biopsychosocial model to determine occupational disability.
We will present a theoretical framework overview and define impairment, disability, and return to work in the first sections, examining legal and administration, clinical, and scholarly research and systems perspectives. Discussion extends to a brief review of current conceptual models of the relationship between impairment, disability, and return to work. The multiplicity of factors affecting work disability, determination and prediction of work disability, and knowledge mobilization to clinical practice is identified. Finally, we will address and clarify research and practice related to the relationship among impairment, work disability, and return to work.
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Schultz, I.Z., Chlebak, C.M., Stewart, A.M. (2016). Impairment, Disability, and Return to Work. In: Schultz, I., Gatchel, R. (eds) Handbook of Return to Work. Handbooks in Health, Work, and Disability, vol 1. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-7627-7_1
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