Impairment and Society: Efforts and Consequences

I would like to thank the guest editors for this excellent review. They not only deal with the challenging scenario of assessing medical impairment but also take us through the labyrinth of decision-making strategies, dealing with known and less obvious consequences. Disability in our society is reaching epidemic proportions, costing the taxpayer billions of dollars, much of which is attributed to musculoskeletal and neurologic conditions. It becomes paramount for our medical specialty to remain current in an effort to appropriately assess impairments and their subsequent impact on not only the individual but also our society.

Source: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America - June 19, 2019 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Santos F. Martinez Tags: Foreword Source Type: research