The Official Patient's Sourcebook on Whiplash - A Revised and Updated Directory for the Internet Age (Electronic book text)

This sourcebook has been created for patients who have decided to make education and Internet-based research an integral part of the treatment process. Although it gives information useful to doctors, caregivers and other health professionals, it also tells patients where and how to look for information covering virtually all topics related to whiplash, from the essentials to the most advanced areas of research. The title of this book includes the word official. This reflects the fact that the sourcebook draws from public, academic, government, and peer-reviewed research. Selected readings from various agencies are reproduced to give you some of the latest official information available to date on whiplash. Following an introductory chapter, the sourcebook is organized into three parts. PART I: THE ESSENTIALS; Chapter 1. The Essentials on Whiplash: Guidelines; Chapter 2. Seeking Guidance; Chapter 3. Clinical Trials and Whiplash; PART II: ADDITIONAL RESOURCES AND ADVANCED MATERIAL; Chapter 4. Studies on Whiplash; Chapter 5. Patents on Whiplash; Chapter 6. Books on Whiplash; Chapter 7. Multimedia on Whiplash; Chapter 8. Periodicals and News on Whiplash; Chapter 9. Physician Guidelines and Databases; Chapter 10. Dissertations on Whiplash; PART III. APPENDICES; Appendix A. Researching Your Medications; Appendix B. Researching Alternative Medicine; Appendix C. Finding Medical Libraries; Appendix D. Your Rights and Insurance; Appendix E. More on Pain; ONLINE GLOSSARIES; WHIPLASH GLOSSARY;INDEX. Related topics include: Acceleration flexion-extension neck injury, Cervical strain, Soft tissue cervical hyperextension injury.