Watch your back! : how the back pain industry is costing us more and giving us less, and what you can do to inform and empower yourself in seeking treatment /
Deyo, Richard A.,
Watch your back! : how the back pain industry is costing us more and giving us less, and what you can do to inform and empower yourself in seeking treatment / Richard A. Deyo, MD. - xv, 212 pages ; 23 cm. - The culture and politics of health care work . - Culture and politics of health care work. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-202) and index.
Back pain nation -- Even the best and brightest -- What's wrong? What's not? Can we tell the difference? -- Painkillers: easy solutions sometimes aren't -- Painkillers and the marketing of pain -- Pain management, now that's money -- Stabbed in the back -- Surgical gadgets and the explosion of fusion surgery -- The pointed search for relief: injections, ablations, and blocks, oh my! -- Why would you get better after useless therapy? -- Manipulating the pain: chiropractic and other alternative treatments -- Nobody takes it seriously! -- Boot camp -- Amplifying your voice -- Some policy implications.
Presents a new approach to managing back pain that focuses on the empowerment of individuals and fewer medical interventions, while exposing the motives and conflicts of interest behind traditional treatments. --Publisher's description.
0801453240 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780801453243 (cloth : alk. paper)
2014006972
GBB4B9088 bnb
016912483 Uk
Back--Diseases--Treatment.
Backache--Treatment.
Watch your back! : how the back pain industry is costing us more and giving us less, and what you can do to inform and empower yourself in seeking treatment / Richard A. Deyo, MD. - xv, 212 pages ; 23 cm. - The culture and politics of health care work . - Culture and politics of health care work. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-202) and index.
Back pain nation -- Even the best and brightest -- What's wrong? What's not? Can we tell the difference? -- Painkillers: easy solutions sometimes aren't -- Painkillers and the marketing of pain -- Pain management, now that's money -- Stabbed in the back -- Surgical gadgets and the explosion of fusion surgery -- The pointed search for relief: injections, ablations, and blocks, oh my! -- Why would you get better after useless therapy? -- Manipulating the pain: chiropractic and other alternative treatments -- Nobody takes it seriously! -- Boot camp -- Amplifying your voice -- Some policy implications.
Presents a new approach to managing back pain that focuses on the empowerment of individuals and fewer medical interventions, while exposing the motives and conflicts of interest behind traditional treatments. --Publisher's description.
0801453240 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780801453243 (cloth : alk. paper)
2014006972
GBB4B9088 bnb
016912483 Uk
Back--Diseases--Treatment.
Backache--Treatment.