Employment issues and multiple sclerosis /

Rumrill, Phillip D., Jr.

Employment issues and multiple sclerosis / Phillip D. Rumrill Jr., Mary L. Hennessey, Steven W. Nissen ; with invited contributors. - 2nd ed. - New York : Berkeley, Calif. : Demos Health ; Distributed to the trade by Publishers Group West, ©2008. - 1 online resource (xiv, 246 pages)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Overview of multiple sclerosis / Mary L. Hennessey and Phillip D. Rumrill, Jr -- Factors associated with employment status / Phillip D. Rumrill, Jr. and Mary L. Hennessey -- Vocational assessment strategies / Richard T. Roessler -- Employment and career development interventions / Steven W. Nissen, Phillip D. Rumrill, Jr., and Mary L. Hennessey -- Employment and the Americans with Disabilities Act / Mary L. Hennessey and Phillip D. Rumrill, Jr -- Federal laws concerning continuation of benefits, health insurance portability, and family and medical leave / Kimberly Calder -- Social security disability benefits / Steven W. Nissen, Phillip D. Rumrill, Jr., and Mary L. Hennessey -- An employment perspective from the National Multiple Sclerosis Society / Steven W. Nissen -- Policy, programming, and research recommendations to improve the employment prospects of people with multiple sclerosis / Phillip D. Rumrill, Jr.

Employment Issues and Multiple Sclerosis, 2nd Edition is a must read for any person with MS that has a question regarding employment and disability. Chapters cover everything from vocational rehabilitation to job placement, and the laws covering employment.


English.

9781934559956 1934559954 1282075276 9781282075276 9786612075278 6612075279


Multiple sclerosis--Patients--Employment--United States.
Multiple sclerosis.
Vocational rehabilitation.
Multiple Sclerosis
Disabled Persons--legislation & jurisprudence
Employment--legislation & jurisprudence
Rehabilitation, Vocational
Sclérose en plaques--Patients--Travail--États-Unis.
Sclérose en plaques.
Réadaptation professionnelle.
HEALTH & FITNESS--Diseases--Alzheimer's & Dementia.
Vocational rehabilitation
Multiple sclerosis


United States
United States

RC377 / .R85 2008eb

362.196/834

WL 360 / R937e 2008

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