| Description |
xiii, 475 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, portraits ; 26 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
1. The problem -- 2. Diagnostic triage -- 3. Pain and disability -- 4. Back pain through history -- 5. The epidemiology of back pain -- 6. Risk factors for back pain -- 7. The clinical course of back pain -- 8. Physical impairment -- 9. The physical basis of back pain -- 10. Illness behavior -- 11. Emotions -- 12. Beliefs about back pain -- 13. Social interactions -- 14. The biopsychosocial model -- 15. Clinical guidelines -- 16. Information and advice for patients -- 17. Occupational health guidelines -- 18. Rehabilitation -- 19. UK health care for back pain -- 20. US health care for back pain -- 21. Future health care for back pain -- 22. Epilogue |
| Summary |
Accessible to all health care professionals, this text provides a guide to understanding and managing back pain and is one of the premier examples of a biopsychosocial approach to medicine. The content challenges unsubstantiated beliefs regarding the best way to treat and manage back pain and presents an interdisciplinary debate on the subject. In a society where patients are demanding more effective approaches to their problems, this resource offers a radical rethink, a necessary step to achieving a more effective method of treatment. The unorthodox spirit of this material places this book at the center of the revolution taking place in the back pain area |
| Notes |
Previous ed.: 1998 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies and index |
| Subject |
Backache -- Treatment.
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Backache.
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Back Pain.
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Back Pain.
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| Author |
Waddell, Gordon.
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| LC no. |
2006296694 |
| ISBN |
0443072272 |
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