TY  - BOOK
AU  - Deyo,Richard A.
TI  - 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 
T2  - The culture and politics of health care work
SN  - 0801453240 (cloth : alk. paper)
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Ithaca
PB  - ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press
KW  - Back
KW  - Diseases
KW  - Treatment
KW  - Backache
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
ER  -