Impairment, Disability, and Return to Work

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.