Journal article
The Five Eras of Chiropractic & the future of chiropractic as seen through the eyes of a participant observer
Chiropractic & Manual Therapies, Vol.20(1)
2012
Abstract
Chiropractic has endured a turbulent history, marked by tremendous advances in areas such as education and licensing while marred by interprofessional conflict and a poor public image. The prolonged interprofessional conflict was instrumental in shaping the culture of chiropractic. These obstacles have long-since been removed although there are lingering effects from them.
This article examines the chiropractic profession's history by dividing it into five Eras and suggests that there are three options available for the future of the profession. One: maintaining the status quo. Two: uniting under an evidence based scientific approach as partners in the health care delivery system that has buried the "one-cause, one-cure" sacred cow. The steps required to achieve this outcome are outlined. Three: openly dividing the profession into evidence based practitioners and subluxation based practitioners. Adopting this option would allow each branch of the profession to move forward in the health care delivery system unhindered by the other.
It is unclear which option the profession will choose and whether the profession is mature enough to follow option two remains to be seen. What is evident is that the time to act is now.
Details
- Title
- The Five Eras of Chiropractic & the future of chiropractic as seen through the eyes of a participant observer
- Authors/Creators
- J.K. Simpson (Author/Creator)
- Publication Details
- Chiropractic & Manual Therapies, Vol.20(1)
- Publisher
- BioMed Central
- Identifiers
- 991005543317707891
- Copyright
- © 2012 Simpson
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Chiropractic and Sports Science
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Note
- This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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