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For much of this century the countries of the industrialized world have grappled with the problem of covering disabling back pain under workers' compensation insurance plans.¹ These insurance programs entitle an injured worker to clinical remedies and compensation for lost wages if the injury arises out of and in the course of employment.² However, there is rarely any extraordinary or peculiarly occupational precipitant of back pain.³ In the absence of a clear causal link between an injury and the pain, applying the label of compensable "injury" is a questionable practice. We seem to be stuck with the following syllogism, which . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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