To what standard in the area of diagnosis should a chiropractor be held? Should he be as competent as a medical doctor? If so, would it be appropriate for an M.D. to act as an expert witness against a chiropractor in a malpractice case?
Its consistency that prevails. You cant play mixer and straight. If you feel straight objective chiropractic is where its at hold your principals and don't dabble in diagnostics of any sort.... If you are on the fence you need to diagnosis and and insure your are the best medic out there because you will be held accountable.
Maybe there should be 2 degrees...one that we all have, D.C. - the one that BJ fought for, and then one for Chiropractic Physicians a.k.a. Medical Doctors...oh ya, there is one, it's called an M.D. Go back to school and get your MD if you want to diagnose anything but subluxations. Then, please, just put M.D. after your name, don't continue to play Chiropractor.
I have found that when you actually get right down to it, you have to look at where your from. Now, we all know BJ had a vision, and that vision was to see a ton of people and have them under care, and keep them functioning to their potential using Chiropractic care. The problem I see is that we all have different messages, one guy claims to be a "headache" expert, while the next guy works with "infants" . This inconsistency out there causes alot of confustion in the public's eye as to "what" Chiropractic is. Now, if we would all have a fund that we paid into, that put out a "good" BJ palmer type of message...one that states the truth, but doesn't make us sound to crazy, i would be interested...
I am in the process of making a radio commercial currently. It's going to start in Jan '10, i'll keep you posted.
Good point Scott. Too many chiros want to have it both ways. When they get sued, suddely they claim they do not diagnose. Yet they have told the PM that they could help their problem. In my opinion that presumes a diagnosis.
Is the detection of a subluxation the diagnosis of a subluxation? December 7, 2009 9:05 PM
I guess we could call VS analysis a diagnosis. After all my mechanic does a diagnosis on my car. The issue is do we want our conversation to clarify or to confuse. Using medical terminology confuses what we do (VS detection). Using a different term clarifies.
Its consistency that prevails. You cant play mixer and straight. If you feel straight objective chiropractic is where its at hold your principals and don't dabble in diagnostics of any sort.... If you are on the fence you need to diagnosis and and insure your are the best medic out there because you will be held accountable.
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Maybe there should be 2 degrees...one that we all have, D.C. - the one that BJ fought for, and then one for Chiropractic Physicians a.k.a. Medical Doctors...oh ya, there is one, it's called an M.D. Go back to school and get your MD if you want to diagnose anything but subluxations. Then, please, just put M.D. after your name, don't continue to play Chiropractor.
ReplyDeleteI have found that when you actually get right down to it, you have to look at where your from. Now, we all know BJ had a vision, and that vision was to see a ton of people and have them under care, and keep them functioning to their potential using Chiropractic care. The problem I see is that we all have different messages, one guy claims to be a "headache" expert, while the next guy works with "infants" . This inconsistency out there causes alot of confustion in the public's eye as to "what" Chiropractic is. Now, if we would all have a fund that we paid into, that put out a "good" BJ palmer type of message...one that states the truth, but doesn't make us sound to crazy, i would be interested...
I am in the process of making a radio commercial currently. It's going to start in Jan '10, i'll keep you posted.
Good point Scott. Too many chiros want to have it both ways. When they get sued, suddely they claim they do not diagnose. Yet they have told the PM that they could help their problem. In my opinion that presumes a diagnosis.
ReplyDeleteIs the detection of a subluxation the diagnosis of a subluxation?
ReplyDeleteIs the detection of a subluxation the diagnosis of a subluxation?
ReplyDeleteDecember 7, 2009 9:05 PM
I guess we could call VS analysis a diagnosis. After all my mechanic does a diagnosis on my car. The issue is do we want our conversation to clarify or to confuse. Using medical terminology confuses what we do (VS detection). Using a different term clarifies.