| Whiplash and Other Useful Illnesses Contributor(s): Malleson, Andrew (Author) |
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ISBN: 0773523332 ISBN-13: 9780773523333 Publisher: Carleton University Press OUR PRICE: $31.30 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2002 Annotation: 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 percent of all whiplash "victims" are reported as permanently disabled occurs because medical, health care, and legal professionals foster and create illnesses. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Health Care Delivery - Health & Fitness | Physical Impairments - Law | Personal Injury |
| Dewey: 614.109 |
| LCCN: 2002512019 |
| Physical Information: 1.67" H x 6.32" W x 9.4" (1.84 lbs) 544 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Malleson, Andrew: - Andrew Malleson is the author of Need Your Doctor Be So Useless? and The Medical Runaround. He was a psychiatrist with the Toronto University Health Network and a consultant to the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute. He has frequently served as a medical ex |