A treatise for a new philosophy of chiropractic medicine

Mirtz, Timothy A.

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Factors that influence scope of practice of the chiropractic profession in Australia: a scoping review

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Introduction The World Health Organization describes chiropractic as a health profession that treats the musculoskeletal system and the effects of that system on the function of the nervous system and general health. Notwithstanding such descriptions, scope of practice remains a contentious issue in Australia chiropractic with various authors defining it differently. To date, the peak governing body, the Chiropractic Board of Australia, has focused on title protection rather than defining a scope of practice for the profession. A well-defined scope of practice is important, as it helps to identify what is acceptable in the profession and the role chiropractic has in the broader healthcare system. Objective The objective of this scoping review was to explore the literature on the factors that influence scope of practice of chiropractic in Australia. Methods This study employed scoping review methodology to document the current state of the literature on factors that influence scope of practice of the chiropractic profession in Australia. Results A total of 1270 articles were identified from the literature search. Six studies fulfilled the inclusion criteria and were included in the final analysis. Four factors that influence scope of practice were identified: education, professional identity, patient safety, and organisational structure. Conclusion The results of this study will inform future discussions around establishing a framework for a more comprehensive scope of practice for the chiropractic profession in Australia. Such a framework has the potential to benefit patient safety, professional identity, public perception, education, and regulation of the profession.

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Changing chiropractic’s subluxation rhetoric: Moving on from ‘deniers’, ‘vitalists’, and ‘unorthodox’, to realists, post-realists, and absurdists

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2022

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Chiropractic rhetoric must advance beyond vitalists attacking subluxation deniers, and deniers holding firm to eminence over evidence. I am calling for clear and strong debate in which the issues and their evidence are examined in the manner of traditional philosophical debate. The purpose of this paper is to present two behaviours that will each change the profession and discipline’s narrative about subluxation, scilicet: (i) that an active, intellectual discussion occur and (ii) that it be published in any author’s preferred journal of record, indexed by the Chiropractic Library Collaboration with terms that will connect the papers, and be open access for all. To facilitate this change I present a palette of three terms with exposition to show how we can build our rhetoric into constructive argument from either a realist, a post-realist, or an absurdist view-point. For the reason the post-realist and absurdist’s positions are opinion, have not been thought-through, and show no appreciation of the paradox that they have no evidence at all supportive of that opinion, they should cease gaslighting the realists and anyone who opposes their position. Chiropractic realism is the conventional position of the majority of the profession and of the discipline. The realists quite rightly demand to see and discuss the evidence, if any, held by the post-realists for their position.

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A treatise for a new philosophy of chiropractic medicine

Cited by 2 publications

References 38 publications

Factors that influence scope of practice of the chiropractic profession in Australia: a scoping review

Factors that influence scope of practice of the chiropractic profession in Australia: a scoping review

Changing chiropractic’s subluxation rhetoric: Moving on from ‘deniers’, ‘vitalists’, and ‘unorthodox’, to realists, post-realists, and absurdists

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