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In this thought-provoking book, Hadler analyzes the evidentiary basis of the diagnosis and treatment of back pain with a fresh, no-nonsense razor.--Journal of the American Medical Association Relentlessly probes the effectiveness of common medical treatments and finds them wanting. . . . [A] compelling book.--Library Journal The next step [in health care reform] is the one Hadler is already confronting: how to really bring down costs as we move forward.--Progressive Pulse Blog The volume is well organized, giving a good historical and clinical overview of back pain and of what Hadler terms 'the backache industry.'--Choice A bitter pill--but one that should trigger a much needed debate among health-care reformers.--Publishers Weekly

In this thought-provoking book, Hadler analyzes the evidentiary basis of the diagnosis and treatment of back pain with a fresh, no-nonsense razor.--Journal of the American Medical Association Relentlessly probes the effectiveness of common medical treatments and finds them wanting. . . . [A] compelling book.--Library Journal The next step [in health care reform] is the one Hadler is already confronting: how to really bring down costs as we move forward.--Progressive Pulse Blog The volume is well organized, giving a good historical and clinical overview of back pain and of what Hadler terms 'the backache industry.'--Choice A bitter pill--but one that should trigger a much needed debate among health-care reformers.--Publishers Weekly -In this thought-provoking book, Hadler analyzes the evidentiary basis of the diagnosis and treatment of back pain with a fresh, no-nonsense razor.--JAMA In this thought-provoking book, Hadler analyzes the evidentiary basis of the diagnosis and treatment of back pain with a fresh, no-nonsense razor.-- JAMA The next step [in health care reform] is the one Hadler is already confronting: how to really bring down costs as we move forward. --Progressive Pulse Blog The volume is well organized, giving a good historical and clinical overview of back pain and of what Hadler terms 'the backache industry.' -- Choice In this thought-provoking book, Hadler analyzes the evidentiary basis of the diagnosis and treatment of back pain with a fresh, no-nonsense razor. -- JAMA Relentlessly probes the effectiveness of common medical treatments and finds them wanting. . . . [A] compelling book. -- Library Journal A bitter pill--but one that should trigger a much needed debate among health-care reformers. -- Publishers Weekly A bitter pill -- but one that should trigger a much needed debate among health-care reformers. - Publishers Weekly In this thought-provoking book, Hadler analyzes the evidentiary basis of the diagnosis and treatment of back pain with a fresh, no-nonsense razor. - JAMA

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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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