Bibliograph

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

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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

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-202) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Watch your back!

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

871228559

Responsibility statement

Richard A. Deyo, MD

Series statement

The culture and politics of health care work

Sub title

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

Summary

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

Table Of Contents

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

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