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1Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Northeastern Ohio University College of Medicine, Rootstown, USA.
Occupational Medicine (Philadelphia, Pa.)
|May 20, 1998
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A physician may be called upon to evaluate disability in the roles of impartial judge of impairment, expert witness in a legal case, or treating physician. Critical to these processes are discernment between disability and impairment, an understanding of legal responsibilities, and knowledge of the elements of examinations and reports.
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