Sunday, November 7, 2010
On the subject of deduction....
Perhaps it is time the leadership in the straight chiropractic movement step back and take a long critical look at its approach. The approach(es)has been a Power Politics/Pacifist Politics cycle for the past 40-50 years rather than deduction/logic approach. For a time the straights would fight against the mixing element in the profession. Then a group would rise to position of power and advocate working together with the mixers but retaining our seperate identity. The working together or Pacifist part of the cycle always lasted a much shorter time than did the fighting or Power phase. Eventually, toward the end of the passive cycle a group of "idealistic" straights would come to the realization that the chiropractic principle was being sold down the river and "war" would once again break out. Unfortunately, the casualties would weaken the movement. We are now moving toward the Pacifist phase. (eg. getting rid of hostile, descriptive terms like "straight"). Apart from a major split into two professions, we must do a better job of communicating our philosophy and the difference to the profession and the public.
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As one of the people who would like to see "straight " survive in the political realm, I am at an impass of where I put my emphasis and energy when it comes to politics and the profession. 5 years ago I has said to colleagues that there would be a tier in chiropractic. Many have fought to prevent this tierring, but are now included with those "elite" medipractors who desire injectables and physiatry. I say, don't fight their momentum to create a new profession, just fight to make sure it is not called chiropractic. This way all the elite may achieve their goals, and we can retain the truth. The problem I have is determining how to go about this task without chiropractic, as a whole, included to the elite status. I would like to have states develope two scopes of practice, much like malpractice insurance companies do to determine your risk of insurability. Perhaps a nation standard for "basic" chiropractic, which would be the scope of straights, and "eliite" status for mixers. This scope/status separation would be a springboard for thendevelopement of a new profession of Medipractic. It will be a painfully process, but I think the mixers will jump on the opportunity to be elite. The straights can stop fighting a winless battle and refocus on the truth. The hard part is to get enough straights to join a straight organization to participate in the movement, and to rid the straight organizations of mixer infiltrates (or at least let the see the err in their ways).
ReplyDeleteThis is as I see it.