Medical knowledge and the intractable patient: The case of chronic low back pain

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 523-534

  May, Carl ^a   Doyle, Helen ^a   Chew Graham, Carolyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Low back pain; Medical discourse; Somatization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISABILITY; HUMAN; HYSTERIA; INSURANCE; LOW BACK PAIN; SCIENCE; SOMATIZATION; WORKMAN COMPENSATION; X RAY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

EID: 0032922144     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(98)00372-4     Document Type: Article

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