Chiropractic: origins, controversies, and contributions.
Arch Intern Med
; 158(20): 2215-24, 1998 Nov 09.
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ABSTRACT
Chiropractic is an important component of the US health care system and the largest alternative medical profession. In this overview of chiropractic, we examine its history, theory, and development; its scientific evidence; and its approach to the art of medicine. Chiropractic's position in society is contradictory, and we reveal a complex dynamic of conflict and diversity. Internally, chiropractic has a dramatic legacy of strife and factionalism. Externally, it has defended itself from vigorous opposition by conventional medicine. Despite such tensions, chiropractors have maintained a unified profession with an uninterrupted commitment to clinical care. While the core chiropractic belief that the correction of spinal abnormality is a critical health care intervention is open to debate, chiropractic's most important contribution may have to do with the patient-physician relationship.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Quiroprática
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
Limite:
Humans
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
1998
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Article