The AMA Guides have provided a reference framework within which physicians may evaluate and report medical impairments. This framework also helps others understand and make appropriate use of the medical information they receive in impairment evaluation reports.
The American Medical Association (AMA) is the physicians' powerful ally
in patient care. As the only medical association that convenes 190+
state and specialty medical societies and other critical stakeholders,
the AMA represents physicians with a unified voice to all key players in
health care. The AMA leverages its strength by removing the obstacles
that interfere with patient care, leading the charge to prevent chronic
disease and confront public health crises and driving the future of
medicine to tackle the biggest challenges in health care.
In 1956, the American Medical Association Board of Trustees created an ad hoc committee on Medical Rating of Physical Impairment to establish a series of practical guidelines of the rating of physical impairment of the various organ systems.
Since then, the AMA Guides have provided a reference framework within which physicians may evaluate and report medical impairments. This framework also helps others understand and make appropriate use of the medical information they receive in impairment evaluation reports.
The Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment, Third Edition, was first published in March of 1984 and this particular edition is the revised version and published for the first time in 1989 and in 2010 as in hardcover.
Features and Benefits: - Physicians around the world rely on the AMA Guides to accurately rate impairment
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