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Outline
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"Pro-Seminar 2006"
  • Pro-Seminar 2006
  • Atlanta Medical Psychology
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Psychology of the Injury
the injured workers’ perspective
  • Does the patient hold anyone to blame
  • Does the injury resolve other problems
  • Was the injury preventable
  • Were others immediately responsive
  • Was care timely
  • Was care competent & appropriate
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The Psychology
of the Employer
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The Psychology
of Injured Worker
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Lies Patients May Tell
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"This is a very simple..."
  • This is a very simple procedure
  • You should have no complications
  • You will be a little uncomfortable
  • You should recover quickly
  • We’ll give you a little something for the pain
  • Patient is not quizzed
    • Regarding understanding of pathology or injury
    • Regarding other problems
  • “It is too soon to discuss all of that.”


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Problems from Occupational Medicine
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How Employers Lie
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How Attorneys Lie
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Naïveté of The Claims Adjustor
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Destructive Influences After Injury
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