title: Development of the Korean Academy of Medical Sciences Guideline for rating physical impairment.
abstract: Systematic and effective welfare for the disabled is possible when there are scientific and objective criteria demonstrating either presence or severity of the impairment. We need our own scientific criteria suitable for our culture and society, since the impairment is influenced by them. In 2007, we established the Developing Committee of Korean Academy of Medical Sciences (KAMS) Guideline for Impairment Rating under KAMS supervision. We included all fixed and permanent physical impairments after a sufficient medical treatment. The impairment should be stable and medically measurable. If not, it should be reevaluated later. We benchmarked the American Medical Association Guides. The KAMS Guideline should be scientific, objective, valid, reasonable and practical. In particular, we tried to secure objectivity. We developed the KAMS Guideline for Impairment Rating.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Soonchunhyang University Chonan Hospital, Cheonan, Korea.
authors.forename: Kyeong-Seok
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Jong-Uk
authors.initials: JU
authors.lastname: Won
authors.forename: So-Yun
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Myong-Sei
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Sohn
authors.forename: Yoo-Sik
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Youm
authors.forename: Yoon-Seong
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Dong-Jun
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Soo-Hun
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Mi-Jin
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Jong-Sang
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Choi
mesh_terms: D004185:Disability Evaluation; D006801:Humans; D007723:Korea; D016730:Program Development; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires