The Psychology of Spine Surgery

This work covers the psychosocial and physiological influences affecting spinal surgery - from evaluation to preparation and post-operative rehabilitation. It translates results from the field's leading researchers into directly applicable protocols to create assessment and treatment frameworks for use with patients suffering chronic, intractable back pain.It should be useful for psychologists, orthopaedists, neurosurgeons, physicians and nurses, as well as students of medicine and health psychology.