[The status and outlook for research in the system of the sociomedical expertise and rehabilitation of the disabled in Ukraine]. / Stan ta perspektyvy naukovykh doslidzhen' u systemi medyko-sotsial'noï ekspertyzy ta reabilitatsiï invalidiv v Ukraïni.

Modern and worth-while trends of scientific research in the system of expert medical and social evaluation and rehabilitation of invalids are connected with problems of invalidism of the population of Ukraine, formation of state social policy in respect to invalids, requirements in the field of the expert medical care delivery during the period of the public health services reformation. Theoretical and scientific investigations in the fields of applied sciences, designed to study problems of invalidism, of medicosocial expertise and rehabilitation of the disabled, are aimed at: ascertaining reasons and factors causing invalidism of the population, designing measures for its prevention and reduction; providing a scientific substantiation of criteria of expert medical-and-social evaluation, individualized programmes and systems of medical-and-social rehabilitation in different illnesses incapacitating people from working, causing them to have a disability; identifying the rehabilitative potential of invalids and ways for delivering expert social services to and rehabilitation of invalids.