Stabbed in the back : confronting back pain in an overtreated society /

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Author / Creator:Hadler, Nortin M.
Imprint:Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2009.
Description:xii, 204 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7990848
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ISBN:9780807833483 (cloth : alk. paper)
0807833487 (cloth : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • 1. Three Marks of the Past on the Backs of the Present
  • 2. Oh, My Aching Back
  • 3. The Pall of Persistence
  • 4. Doc My Back Is Killing Me
  • 5. The Quest for a Better Way; Or, My Name Is Nortin and I'm a Placebo?
  • 6. Invasion of the Spine Surgeons
  • 7. Backbreaking Work
  • 8. The Straw That Broke the Camel's Back
  • 9. If You Don't Know Where You Are Going All Roads Will Get You There
  • Notes
  • About the Author
  • Index