An introductory text on the philosophy of chiropractic, for both chiropractic students and practitioners and those interested in the practice and philosophy of alternative health care.
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"The establishment of the American Academy of Chiropractic Physicians (AACP) may be seen as the outcome of concerns enunciated over the past few years by thoughtful educators such as Drs Winterstein (National College of Chiropractic) and Phillips (Los Angeles College of Chiropractic), among others. The fact that they are both members of the AACP Board of Trustees, with National now requiring a Bachelor degree for matriculation into the chiropractic course, is evidence of their desire to advance chiropractors to the higher level of physician.
Coulter, a Professor with the Los Angeles College of Chiropractic, has written a timely work which is quietly supportive of this move.
... All in all, chiropractic remains an enigma, and books like this from Coulter provide a valuable piece in the larger picture of our understanding. For this alone they are welcome, but one suspects Coulter will stimulate irrational reaction as well as further informed debate on our proud profession as a philosophy for alternative health care."'Best of Books for 1999' section, Chiropractic Journal of Australia, Volume 29, Number 4, December 1
it is simply packed with great ideas and concepts. ... This is a great read, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. It should be in the library of anyone at all interested in the philosophical foundation for chiropractic care, that foundation based upon sound and traditional ideas from orthodox philosophical inquiry. This is a must have book."Doody's Health Sciences Book Review Journal, 2000
of us who thought that chiropractic is about spinal adjustments might have a different impression after reading this book. Chiropractic is also about politics, history, professional battles, philosophy, paradigms, research strategy, and so on. This book discusses most of these topics in some detail. It provides fascinating reading..."Focus on Alternative and Complementary Therapies, December 2000
book discusses the fundamental elements of the chiropractic health encounter explaining the concepts which have sustained the profession and enabled it to thrive despite often vigorous and hostile opposition from other healthcare groups. [...] This is a small well presented book which manages to relate sociological and philosophical concepts to health care provision in the context of chiropractic but which at the same time provides an insight into the value of alternatives to the biomedical paradigm."Manual Therapy, August 2000
Coulter, a Professor with the Los Angeles College of Chiropractic, has written a timely work which is quietly supportive of this move.
... All in all, chiropractic remains an enigma, and books like this from Coulter provide a valuable piece in the larger picture of our understanding. For this alone they are welcome, but one suspects Coulter will stimulate irrational reaction as well as further informed debate on our proud profession as a philosophy for alternative health care."'Best of Books for 1999' section, Chiropractic Journal of Australia, Volume 29, Number 4, December 1
it is simply packed with great ideas and concepts. ... This is a great read, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. It should be in the library of anyone at all interested in the philosophical foundation for chiropractic care, that foundation based upon sound and traditional ideas from orthodox philosophical inquiry. This is a must have book."Doody's Health Sciences Book Review Journal, 2000
of us who thought that chiropractic is about spinal adjustments might have a different impression after reading this book. Chiropractic is also about politics, history, professional battles, philosophy, paradigms, research strategy, and so on. This book discusses most of these topics in some detail. It provides fascinating reading..."Focus on Alternative and Complementary Therapies, December 2000
book discusses the fundamental elements of the chiropractic health encounter explaining the concepts which have sustained the profession and enabled it to thrive despite often vigorous and hostile opposition from other healthcare groups. [...] This is a small well presented book which manages to relate sociological and philosophical concepts to health care provision in the context of chiropractic but which at the same time provides an insight into the value of alternatives to the biomedical paradigm."Manual Therapy, August 2000
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This is an outstanding textbook. In fact, it is the first attempt to really look at the fundamental philosophies of chiropractic. While many in the chiropractic profession may believe that there is a chiropractic philosophy, Dr. Coulter explains that in reality there are a few philosophies of chiropractic. This is much more than a semantic difference, it is one that is crucial to the understanding of what chiropractic is and is not. There are many books about the chiropractic profession that are written by those with an ax to grind on either side of the issue. From chiropractors whose zeal for the profession blinds them, to the anti-chiropractic zealots who possess equal blindness. Dr. Coulter is a sociologist who first became involved with the chiropractic profession while studying it from a sociological perspective. His thoughts on the philosophy of chiropractic are insightful for both chiropractors, other health care providers (conventional or alternative) and patients alike. For anyone who is really interested in understanding chiropractic, not to hear doctrine or dogma but from the standpoint of someone who is not a partisan rather a long term observer this is THE book to get.
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Coulter, a research fellow at RAND is on the faculty of the UCLA School of Dentistry and Southern California University of Health Sciences which houses the Los Angeles College of Chiropractic. He is also the former President of Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College in Toronto. His doctorate is in philosophy and he has numerous papers published on chiropractic in national and international journals. He is more than qualified to write this short treatise on chiropractic wherein he lays out a philosophy of chiropractic and some of its foibles with clarity and depth in the vernacular of Popper, Kuhn, the Vienna Circle and others. Since alternative health care shares some of chiropractic's belief systems, Coulter's mental algorithm for chiropractic can be applied to other complementary and alternative medical professions. An easy read, Coulter takes care not to lose the philosophical novice in the intellectualism of philosophy. Great reading for someone interested in knowing more about chiropractic and alternative health care in general.
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