The establishment of the Chiropractic & Osteopathic College of Australasia in Queensland (1996–2002)

Markers to Identify a Back Pain Patient in Probable Need of Spinal Surgery

Establishment of the National Centre for Multidisciplinary Studies of Back Pain

Spinal pain of mechanical origin, with or without referred pain, is a serious health problem suffered by many Australians. In order to help patients with this ailment, and to investigate this costly and debilitating condition, the National Centre for Multidisciplinary Studies of Back Pain was established at Townsville General Hospital as a joint venture between James Cook University of North Qu...

The Journal of the Chiropractic & Osteopathic College of Australasia

The first edition of the Journal of the Chiropractic and Osteopathic College of Australasia was known as COMSIG Review and was published in November, 1992 to coincide with a large conference that COCA had organised in Melbourne.In the first few years the majority of articles were magazine style reviews, similar to these found in the Australian Family Physician. The first Editor was Bruce Walker...

The Law of Patient Consent

In 1992, the High Court of Australia handed down a decision on consent to medical treatment. The case had widespread media publicity, and caused consternation among many members of the medical profession. This article explains the law on consent to treatment by health practitioners and considers the relevance of the law for chiropractors and osteopaths.

A User’s Guide to the Chiropractic and Osteopathic Literature

What is the best way of keeping up with the literature? Systematic reviews are an efficient means of keeping up with health care literature offering the practitioner an easier way of making evidence-based decisions. It is estimated that there are approximately 30,000 journals published worldwide. For any health practitioner to keep up with this information would be impossible. Just to read, let...