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UNINA9910955387103321 |
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Titolo |
HIV and disability : updating the social security listings / / Committee on Social Secruity HIV Disability Criteria, Board on the Health of Select Populations, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies |
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Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, 2010 |
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ISBN |
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0-309-17712-X |
1-282-91708-0 |
9786612917080 |
0-309-15702-1 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (217 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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AIDS (Disease) - Social aspects |
AIDS (Disease) - Patients - Civil rights |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""Front Matter""; ""Reviewers""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Current Concepts in HIV/AIDS""; ""3 Low CD4 Count as an Indicator of Disability""; ""4 Imminently Fatal or Severely Disabling HIV-Associated Conditions""; ""5 HIV-Associated Conditions Without Listings Elsewhere""; ""6 HIV-Associated Conditions With Listings Elsewhere""; ""7 Concepts Specific to Children With HIV/AIDS""; ""8 Maximizing the Utility of the HIV Infection Listings""; ""Appendix A: Current HIV Infection Listings (14.08 and 114.08)""; ""Appendix B: Committee Charge"" |
""Appendix C: HIV Background Tables""""Appendix D: Literature Tables""; ""Appendix E: Committee Member and Staff Biographies""; ""Index"" |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The Social Security Administration (SSA) uses a screening tool called the Listing of Impairments to identify claimants who are so severely impaired that they cannot work at all and thus qualify for disability benefits. In this report, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) makes several recommendations for improving SSA's capacity for determining disability benefits more accurately and quickly using the HIV Infection |
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