tailieunhanh - Báo cáo y học: "Chiropractic at the crossroads or are we just going around in circles"

Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Critical Care giúp cho các bạn có thêm kiến thức về ngành y học đề tài: Chiropractic at the crossroads or are we just going around in circles? | Reggars Chiropractic Manual Therapies 2011 19 11 http content 19 1 11 CHIROPRACTIC MANUAL THERAPIES DEBATE Open Access Chiropractic at the crossroads or are we just going around in circles John W Reggars1 2 Abstract Background Chiropractic in Australia has seen many changes over the past 30 years. Some of these changes have advanced the professional status of chiropractic improved undergraduate training and paved the way for a research culture. Unfortunately other changes or lack of changes have hindered the growth public utilisation and professional standing of chiropractic in Australia. This article explores what influences have impacted on the credibility advancement and public utilisation of chiropractic in Australia. Discussion The 1970 s and 1980 s saw a dramatic change within the chiropractic profession in Australia. With the advent of government regulation came government funded teaching institutions quality research and increased public acceptance and utilisation of chiropractic services. However since that time the profession appears to have taken a backward step which in the author s opinion is directly linked to a shift by sections of the profession to the fundamentalist approach to chiropractic and the vertebral subluxation complex. The abandonment by some groups of a scientific and evidenced based approach to practice for one founded on ideological dogma is beginning to take its toll. Summary The future of chiropractic in Australia is at a crossroads. For the profession to move forward it must base its future on science and not ideological dogma. The push by some for it to become a unique and all encompassing alternative system of healthcare is both misguided and irrational. Background This article is based on the inaugural FG Roberts Memorial Lecture delivered by the author at the Annual Conference of the Chiropractic Osteopathic College of Australasia Melbourne Australia 2010. Frederick George Roberts was a natural health practitioner .