COVER -- HALF-TITLE -- TITLE -- COPYRIGHT -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- CHAPTER 1 Some Useful Words -- CHAPTER 2 Anatomy of the Spine -- "Good Clinical Care" -- Arranging cover -- Delegation and referral -- SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING -- CHAPTER 3 Biomechanics of the Spine -- SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING -- CHAPTER 4 Degenerative Spinal Disease -- INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION -- CLINICAL FEATURES -- TREATMENT OF DISC HERNIAS -- CAUDA EQUINA COMPRESSION -- SPINAL STENOSIS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 5 Spondylolisthesis -- DYSPLASTIC SPONDYLOLISTHESIS -- ISTHMIC SPONDYLOLISTHESIS -- Treatment of dysplastic and isthmic spondylolisthesis -- TRAUMATIC SPONDYLOLISTHESIS -- DEGENERATIVE SPONDYLOLISTHESIS -- PATHOLOGICAL SPONDYLOLISTHESIS -- CHAPTER 6 Spinal Fractures and Dislocations -- CHAPTER 7 Miscellaneous Spinal Conditions -- INTRODUCTION -- TUMOURS -- INFECTION -- ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS -- SCOLIOSIS -- CHAPTER 8 Back Pain and Litigation -- INTRODUCTION -- THE EXPERT WITNESS -- ILLNESS BEHAVIOUR -- INAPPROPRIATE CLINICAL FEATURES -- THE FAILURES OF SPINE SURGEONS -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.