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W I Wardwell

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PubMed1996

The sixteen major events in chiropractic history.

A centennial is the time for chiropractic to take stock, review its past, and plan for the future. "Major events" are those that define what chiropractic has become, turning points or obstacles overcome, without which chiropractic would not be what it is today. I identify what I consider the sixteen most important events in the chiropractic history, note relevant names and dates, place each event in its historical context, and discuss its significance. I discuss the events chronologically rather than in order of their importance.

Chiropractic↗
PubMed1994

Alternative medicine in the United States.

Since the term 'alternative medicine' is defined residually as anything not regular medicine, it is not a useful category. It needs further specification in order to facilitate empirical investigation of the many varied types of health practices it denotes: namely, primitive medicine, folk medicine, herbal medicine, homeopathy, chiropractic, naturopathy, faith healing. New Age Healing, etc. The author's earlier classification of health professions into ancillary, limited, marginal, and quasi practitioners offers a fruitful set of categories for investigating relationships between these groups and organized medicine, and the movement of these groups from one status to another. Examples are the evolution of osteopathy from marginal to full acceptance as orthodox, and chiropractic's putative evolution from marginal to a limited medical profession. Within the quasi professional group, further subclassification distinguishes between folk and primitive healers, faith healers, and quacks; also between those who heal using natural forces and those who frankly invoke supernatural forces or entities.

Attitude of Health Personnel↗
PubMed1989

The Connecticut survey of public attitudes toward chiropractic.

This paper reports the results of a public opinion survey of attitudes toward chiropractic, commissioned by the Connecticut Chiropractic Association and carried out by the Institute for Social Inquiry at the University of Connecticut. Telephone interviews with 500 randomly selected households elicited responses from a representative sample of Connecticut residents. While 28% of the respondents stated they were not at all familiar with chiropractic, 21% (that is, 104 of the 500) had visited a chiropractor at least once. A total of 40% of the respondents or a member of their family had gone to a chiropractor. Of the respondents who went, 78% rated their treatment as effective, 89% were satisfied with the amount of personal attention they received, 72% were satisfied with the cost of their treatment, and 72% said they would go again for the same or similar problem. When those who are familiar with chiropractic were asked their overall opinion of it, 78% of those who expressed a definite opinion were favorable; however, only 61% of this group thought "most people in Connecticut" have a favorable opinion of chiropractic. When those familiar with chiropractors but who had never been to one were asked if they would go to one for a problem chiropractors treat, 59% said they would go and 68% of those who were familiar said they would encourage a friend to go. Respondents' factual information and attitudes about what chiropractors do were probed in depth.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

Attitude to Health↗