Stabbed in the Back
Confronting Back Pain in an Overtreated Society
By Nortin M. Hadler, M.D.
224 pp., 6.125 x 9.25, 5 illus., 4 figs., 12 tables, notes, index
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Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-8078-3348-3
Published: November 2009 -
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-4696-4225-3
Published: February 2018 -
E-book EPUB ISBN: 978-0-8078-9854-3
Published: November 2009 -
E-book PDF ISBN: 979-8-8908-8543-2
Published: November 2009
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Awards & distinctions
2012 Prescrire Prize for French edition
Basing his critique on an analysis of the most current medical literature as well as his clinical experience, Hadler argues that regional back pain is overly medicalized by doctors, surgeons, and alternative therapists who purvey various treatment regimens. Furthermore, he observes, the design of workers' compensation, disability insurance, and other "health" schemes actually thwarts getting well. For the past half century, says Hadler, back pain and back pain-related disability have exacted a huge toll, in terms of pain, suffering, and financial cost. Stabbed in the Back addresses this issue at multiple levels: as a human predicament, a profound social problem, a medical question, and a vexing public policy challenge. Ultimately, Hadler's insights illustrate how the state of the science can and should inform the art and practice of medicine as well as public policy. Stabbed in the Back will arm any reader with the insights necessary to make informed decisions when confronting the next episode of low back pain.
About the Author
Nortin M. Hadler, M.D., M.A.C.P., M.A.C.R., F.A.C.O.E.M., is emeritus professor of medicine and microbiology/immunology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and attending rheumatologist at UNC Hospitals. His most recent book is By the Bedside of the Patient: Lessons for the Twenty-First Century Physician (UNC Press).
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