Whiplash and Other Useful IllnessesMcGill-Queen's Press - MQUP, 2005 - 544 Seiten Whiplash, first described in a medical journal in 1953, now occurs so frequently that in the U.S. alone its annual cost is estimated at between $13 and $18 billion dollars. In Whiplash and Other Useful Illnesses Andrew Malleson contends that whiplash is nothing more than a strain of the neck and, like most other strains, heals in a matter of days or weeks. The fact that up to 10% of all whiplash "victims" are reported as permanently disabled occurs because medical healthcare and legal professionals foster and create illnesses, dangling illusive fortunes in front of would-be claimants. Malleson details the evolution of whiplash from a common, short-lived disorder into a world-wide epidemic that has left millions permanently disabled. He exposes how some medical healthcare and legal professionals prey on the anxieties and greed of their clients. He argues that whiplash is only one of a long list of largely fabricated illnesses and injuries that will drain resources from the health care system. |
Inhalt
Making Whiplash Sound Serious Caveat Lector | 9 |
Whiplash and Poor Science in Medical Journals | 17 |
Bumper Kisses and Whiplash Severity | 30 |
Sanitizing the Symptoms of Distress | 43 |
Copycats and Fashionable Illnesses | 52 |
THE QUEST FOR THE MYTHICAL WHIPLASH INJURY | 75 |
The Enigmas of the Human Spine | 77 |
The Medicolegal and Psychosocial Spine | 93 |
Jumpers and Addons Slippers and Yankers | 265 |
Hysteria and the M Diagnosis | 281 |
Cured by a Verdict? | 304 |
TREATING THE TREATMENT | 315 |
Making Victims of Ourselves | 317 |
Treatment Exuberance and Serendipity | 335 |
Medical DecisionMaking Getting it Right | 352 |
Faith Magic and the Search for Alternative Care | 359 |
Putting the Bite into Whiplash | 102 |
Whiplash Rescues Some ENT Surgeons | 117 |
Whiplash Head Injury or Legal Headache? | 129 |
Accidents Illness Behaviour and Chronic Pain | 151 |
Fibromy algia A Tender Point? | 165 |
Fibromyalgia A Case in Point | 180 |
Whiplash An Eye to the Main Chance? | 197 |
FRAUD AND THE MEDICALLEGAL QUAGMIRE | 209 |
Posttraumatic Turbulence | 211 |
The Inverse Paradox and the Period of Meditation | 222 |
Lawyers Junk Science and Chicanery | 237 |
Pain and Suffering Calculating the Incalculable | 253 |
Medicine A Disabling Profession ? | 369 |
Cutting Healthcare Down to Size | 379 |
Glossary of Acronyms | 387 |
The Use of Prospective Studies | 389 |
Evidence Against Residual Brain Injury Being the Cause of PostConcussion Syndrome after Minor Injury | 391 |
Overvaluation of Healthcare | 394 |
Notes | 395 |
References | 455 |
Figure Credits Permissions | 513 |
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