The Back Pain Revolution
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The Back Pain Revolution

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eBook - ePub

The Back Pain Revolution

About this book

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.- Gordon Waddell is the world authority on the topic of the back pain revolution.- The content addresses huge problems of concern to many disciplines and governments.- The unbiased, open-minded view looks at the issues and the evidence and invites the readers to consider, debate, and agree on the best course of action.- Comprehensive coverage of all aspects of the problem offers both interventionist and conservative approaches to treatment, psychosocial issues, economic factors, patient education, and prevention.- New chapter on Occupational Health Guidelines involving new co-author- Chapters on Social Interactions and A New Clinical Model both completely rewritten- Chapters on Clinical Guidelines and Information and Advice for Patients both completely rewritten with new co-authors- Major new research findings incorporated throughout- The 'message', the size of the book, the overall style, and the target audience are be unchanged from the successful first edition.- The simple style and readability of the first edition has been carefully maintained.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover image
  2. Title page
  3. Table of Contents
  4. Additional contributors
  5. Foreword
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Chapter 1: The problem
  8. Chapter 2: Diagnostic triage
  9. Chapter 3: Pain and disability
  10. Chapter 4: Back pain through history
  11. Chapter 5: The epidemiology of back pain
  12. Chapter 6: Risk factors for back pain
  13. Chapter 7: The clinical course of back pain
  14. Chapter 8: Physical impairment
  15. Chapter 9: The physical basis of back pain
  16. Chapter 10: Illness behavior
  17. Chapter 11: Emotions
  18. Chapter 12: Beliefs about back pain
  19. Chapter 13: Social interactions
  20. Chapter 14: The biopsychosocial model
  21. Chapter 15: Clinical guidelines
  22. Chapter 16: Information and advice for patients
  23. Chapter 17: Occupational health guidelines
  24. Chapter 18: Rehabilitation
  25. Chapter 19: UK health care for back pain
  26. Chapter 20: US health care for back pain
  27. Chapter 21: Future health care for back pain
  28. Chapter 22: Epilogue
  29. Index