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Cody Church Susan Ingram English 1103-036 20 November 2012 Annotated Bibliography Center for Disease Control and Prevention Osteoarthritis (2011). Web. 7 Nov. 2012. The Centers for Disease Control was my first source because it was easy to locate and was very reliable. They have great statistics on arthritis from 2009 and they go in depth about a lot of different things to do with osteoarthritis. The talk about the prevalence of the disease and how many people it could affect in the near future and also covers the hospitalization rate in the United States and the costs associated with it. They dont have much else but a bunch of facts that have been on there for a while. The have current data as well as some that hasnt been updated since the late 1990s. I know they are reliable because they are a division of the government which means they work hard to get the information they have. I feel this source will help me in my research because I am going to need all the data to make an informed decision about which side of the argument I am going to be on. One of the cool things that I have learned from this source that I used in my paper was that there is a mortality rate associated with osteoarthritis. Goodman, Brenda. Misdiagnosed? Arthritis Today, (2012). Web. 7 Nov. 2012. This next citation is an article called Misdiagnosed from the web paper Arthritis Today which tells about a woman and her repeated misdiagnosis by the doctors. It appears that the tests that are used today to determine if you have osteoarthritis are not that accurate and could come back wrong more than once. It was not until the fourteenth doctor had seen her before she go the news that she indeed did have osteoarthritis. This is scary because I really havent heard of a disease that has such a high rate of failure when being tested. Up to thirty percent of people who take the test will have their results come back wrong which will delay treatment. This will provide a crucial part of my argument because I need information on both the good and bad things on each side of this argument. It has some great examples that I may use in my paper which makes it a valuable source. I know that they are reliable because it is from a newspaper and they dont publish anything until they are certain it is right. Handout on Health: Osteoarthritis. NIAMS, (July 2010). Web. 7 Nov. 2012. NIAMS is the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases. They go over everything about arthritis from finding out if you have it to the surgeries and medical costs. They cover everything that I will need when writing this paper. They have great numbers and data as well that will help me appeal to my readers with logos and that would help my argument a lot. They go over even the smallest detail to the breakdown of whether men or women mostly get the specific type of osteoarthritis to the different costs associated with having the different types. They go over the lifestyle changes that will occur when you have the disease like depression and stiffness in the morning to the economic effect of it. If you have a laboring

job you wont be able to work which takes money out of your pocket and puts stress on your shoulders. They give the breakdown of each surgery and even tells about the success rate is good for it and how prevalent the technology is in the operation room. They are reliable because they are a center that almost exclusively does research on these types of diseases so there information must be substantial. It is a good source and I frequent it in my research. Kantrowitz, Fred. TAKING CONTROL OF ARTHRITIS. New York: HarperCollinsPublishers, 1990. Print. In 1990 Fred Kantrowitz wrote a book called Taking Control of Arthritis which I reference in my book. I know he is credible because he is a rheumatologist that is writing a book on the things he has been studying his whole career. He goes through all the steps just like my other sources going over how you know you have it all the way through treatments that work and treatments that dont. In one of his chapters he goes over alternative forms of treatment other than medication. He talks about splints to immobilize a joint to reduce the risk of hurting it further as well as the traditional hot and cold treatment that is commonly used for multiple things. He answers questions written by actual people in his book and gives tips to reduce the amount of stress you put on a joint such as opening a jar with you palm, not fingers. This will provide great insight into the mind of a doctor working with patients and the book it a little old so I will see how medicine has progressed over the years. Kusher, Irving, ed. Understanding Arthritis. New York: CHARLES SCRIBERNERS SONS, 1984. Print. Next is a book called Understanding Arthritis by Irving Kusher. It goes over the same things as in Kantrowitss book except from a different perspective. The opinions of more than one doctor would be great because you cant really generalize an entire population of doctors on just the ideas of one. This is more of an older book which lets me see just how much medicine has changed over the last twenty-five years in this field of study. Again I use this book to delve deeper into the unproven remedies and get deeper insight into what they are. I use this specific chapter for the harmful remedies because I needed some bad notes on the natural remedies in my attempt to not make this an opinion essay but more of a research essay. I need al the information to make a clear and informed decision. This specific section goes over bad treatments for osteoarthritis such as copper bracelets which have no effect at all to colon irrigation which can lead to death if not performed correctly. I know he is reliable because like the one before he has spent his entire career on arthritis and he has expert knowledge. Spine-health. Osteoarthritis Increases U.S. Annual Health Care Costs by $186 Billion. (2009). Web. 7 Nov. 2012. The last one is from a website called Spine-Health. They go over how much osteoarthritis has had an impact on our economy because of the amount of spending it produces. It cost the United States so much in health care cost to treat people with arthritis. Osteoarthritis occurs in over 30 million people of all ages because this disease does not discriminate. Like the title suggests it is raising healthcare costs by $186 billion every year which is a substantial amount even if this country wasnt in debt, but the fact that we are makes it all the more imperative to help inform people so that we can catch it sooner and avoid extra expenditures if we can. The money problem is the main reason I use this article because with so many people

focused on the economy today it has a good chance of catching someones eyes if you see the much money is being spent on such a common disease. It is a reliable source because it is a medical journal. It is important to my research because I need to show my readers how much this disease truly affects their lives.