Successfully Recover Insurance Benefits and Other Promises: Effectively Communicate with Doctors, Lawyers, Employers, Insurers, Friends, and FamilyNeck pain, back pain, headaches, muscle pain from accidents in the car, home, or workplace, or from disease (arthritis, fibromyalgia, etc.) - however caused, chronic pain brings many challenges and personal losses. The "Surviving the Chronic Pain Experience" books are guides to improving the life of a person with chronic pain. Issues of adequate medical care, alternative medicine, lost insurance and employment benefits, future insurance protection, employment alternatives, legal struggles, dignity, compassion, and more are addressed. Heartfelt stories, along with detailed research, are summarized and presented. Endorsed by highly acclaimed attorneys, professors, and survivors, "Surviving The Chronic Pain Experience: Successfully Recover Insurance Benefits and Other Promises" focuses on recovering several types of insurance benefits, employee benefits, etc., for health care, lost wages, and more. An index and 25 appendixes of forms and letters are included for the reader's use. A separate book, "Surviving the Chronic Pain Experience: Understand and Manage Medical Care and Life Changes," is also available. |
Contents
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Disposable Resources | 34 |
Safety Net | 44 |
Return To Work | 55 |
Near The End | 71 |
Mirrors | 81 |
The Prognosis | 123 |
Social Change | 131 |
On The Move | 139 |
More Benefits | 151 |
Work In Process | 167 |
A Better Understanding | 180 |
Greater Recovery | 193 |
Into The Future | 212 |
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