Physiatrists are experts in the medical and physical treatment of disabling illness and injury, and have long been recognized as uniquely qualified among medical specialists to provide the scientific and medical foundations essential to the development of life care plans.
A Comprehensive Approach to Patient Care
A principal reason non-physician and non-physiatric life care planners seek guidance from physiatrists is that many treating physicians specialize within narrow scopes of a subject’s care, and therefore, are not accustomed to fully assessing the total impact of a subject’s injury/illness on his/her overall health and function. Further, treating physicians are commonly unfamiliar with proper life care planning methodology, which is important as it affects proper consideration of all relevant information, which affects the formulation of appropriate diagnostic and rehabilitation conclusions, which constitute proper foundations for future medical and rehabilitation needs.
