Should General Practitioners Issue a Sick Certificate to Employees Who Consult for Low Back Pain in Primary Care.PDF

J Occup Rehabil (2015) 25:577–588 DOI 10.1007/s10926-014-9564-z Should General Practitioners Issue a Sick Certificate to Employees Who Consult for Low Back Pain in Primary Care? M. Lewis • G. Wynne-Jones • P. Barton • D. G. T. Whitehurst • S. Wathall • N. E. Foster • E. M. Hay • D. van der Windt Published online: 17 January 2015 The Author(s) 2015. This article is published with open access at S Abstract Purpose Back pain is a common problem and adjusting for baseline differences, most changes in clinical has significant societal impact.