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Whats occupational medicine vs physical medicine and rehabilitation?
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Focus: Occupational medicine focuses on return to work. Physical medicine and rehabilitation is much more diverse. Some specialists in pmr do occupational medicine, but many have other focuses like pain management, brain injury, spinal cord injury or pediatrics to name a few.
Answered 3/27/2014
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