Author's response to reviews Title:Differentiating Intraprofessional Attitudes toward Paradigms in Health Care Delivery among Chiropractic Factions: Results from a Randomly Sampled Survey Authors:

Differentiating intraprofessional attitudes toward paradigms in health care delivery among chiropractic factions: results from a randomly sampled survey

BACKGROUND As health care has increased in complexity and health care teams have been offered as a solution, so too is there an increased need for stronger interprofessional collaboration. However the intraprofessional factions that exist within every profession challenge interprofessional communication through contrary paradigms. As a contender in the conservative spinal health care market, fa...

Attitudes Toward Chiropractic: A Survey of Canadian Obstetricians.

We assessed the attitudes of Canadian obstetricians toward chiropractic with a 38-item cross-sectional survey. Ninety-one obstetricians completed the survey, for a response rate of 14% (91 of 659). Overall, 30% of respondents held positive views toward chiropractic, 37% were neutral, and 33% reported negative views. Most (77%) reported that chiropractic care was effective for some musculoskelet...

Core and Complementary Chiropractic: Lowering Barriers to Patient Utilization of Services

OBJECTIVE The use of chiropractic services has stalled while interest in accessing manipulation services is rising. The purpose of this paper is to consider this dilemma in the context of the dynamics of professional socialization, surveys of public attitudes, and a potential strategic action. DISCUSSION This is a reflection work grounded in the literature on professional socialization and th...

Survey of US chiropractors' perceptions about their clinical role as specialist or generalist

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to provide new information that describes chiropractors' professional identity relative to their perceived clinical role as specialist or generalist. METHODS A pragmatic, descriptive, cross-sectional survey was performed of randomly sampled state-board licensed chiropractors in the United States during the period 2002-2003 to assess the chiropractors' p...

Author's response to reviews Title: Attitudes to kidney donation among primary care patients in rural Crete, Greece Authors: