Connecting Contemporary Paradigms to the Social Security Administration's Disability Evaluation Process

Journal of Disability Policy Studies

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 116-128

  Brandt, Diane E ^a   Houtenville, Andrew J ^b   Huynh, Minh T ^a   Chan, Leighton ^a   Rasch, Elizabeth K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

disability evaluation; functional ability; impairment; Social Security Administration

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960833209     PISSN: 10442073     EISSN: 15384802     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1044207310396509     Document Type: Review

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