The power of the visible: The meaning of diagnostic tests in chronic back pain

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1189-1203

  Rhodes, Lorna A ^a   McPhillips Tangum, Carol A ^b   Markham, Christine ^c   Klenk, Rebecca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Prudential Ctr for Hlth Care Res   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic back pain; Cultural and historical context of illness experience; Diagnostic testing; Illness narratives; USA

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EXPERIENCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SATISFACTION;

ADULT; BACK PAIN; CHRONIC DISEASE; CULTURE; EIDETIC IMAGERY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS;

EID: 0033018772     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(98)00418-3     Document Type: Article

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