Biomedical models and healthcare systems

doi:10.1136/bmj.330.7488.419

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New model will be useful if it alters allocation of resources

Ellen S Wright, general practitioner (e.s.wright@talk21.com)

Vanbrugh Hill Health Centre, London SE10 9HQ

EDITOR—Wade and Halligan's new model will be useful if it encourages alternative ways of managing so called functional illnesses.1 Take the example of low back pain as a condition where context is all important.

Proposed model of illness (BMJ 2004;329: 1398-401

Patients with typical mechanical low back pain …