Occ Docs Emphasize Importance of Return to Work

When Dr. Maja Jurisic worked in emergency medicine, she often wrote notes to excuse injured employees from work. But since becoming an occupational medicine specialist, Jurisic has come to realize that keeping workers on the job is usually in their best interest. That’s the philosophy behind a guidance paper authored by Jurisic and others, released last month by the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. “For working-age adults, during recovery and despite chronic impairment or disability, the fullest possible participation in life via medically appropriate ...