Standards of care: what do they mean to chiropractors, and which organizations should develop them
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This article is a follow-up on our previous work examining Canadian chiropractors’ attitudes towards chiropractic philosophy and scope of practice and their implications for the implementation of clinical practice guidelines. In this current study, we examined Canadian chiropractors’ attitudes toward standards of care, the organizations developing them and their relationship to the philosophy index. The findings indicated that there was no agreement about the definition of standards of care among chiropractors, although there was strong support for the concept. Most chiropractors preferred that chiropractic organizations set standards of care – the strongest support was for the Canadian Chiropractic Association. Finally, we found differences among chiropractors’ attitudes toward standards of care and the organizations developing them with respect to philosophy. Empirically oriented chiropractors supported only a narrow definition of standards of care limited to issues surrounding safety and diagnosis. In addition, empirically oriented chiropractors would only support the development of standards of care by an expert panel of chiropractors. Rationalist and moderates supported the development of standards of care by a broader range of chiropractic organizations. We concluded that successful implementation of standards of care could occur if the CCA, in consultation with other chiropractic organizations, was actively committed to this initiative. Le présent article poursuit l’examen de l’attitude des chiropraticiens canadiens vis-à-vis de la philosophie de la chiropratique, de la portée de l’exercice de leur profession et des conséquences pour la mise en oeuvre de directives pour la pratique clinique de la chiropratique. Dans l’étude présentée ici, nous avons étudié l’attitude des chiropraticiens canadiens vis-à-vis des normes de soins, des organisations qui les élaborent et de leur rapport avec la philosophie de la discipline. Les résultats indiquent qu’il n’y a pas de consensus pour ce qui est de la définition des normes de soins parmi les chiropraticiens, quoiqu’ils soient nombreux à appuyer le concept. La majorité des chiropraticiens préféreraient que les organisations chiropratiques établissent les normes de soins – le soutien le plus fort allant à l’Association de chiropratique canadienne (ACC). Finalement, il y a divergence d’attitude entre les chiropraticiens envers les normes de soins et les organisations qui les élaborent concernant la philosophie en question. Les chiropraticiens plutôt intuitifs ne soutiennent qu’une définition étroite des normes de soins, limitée aux questions de diagnostic et d’innocuité. De plus, ces mêmes chiropraticiens reconnaissent que seul un comité d’experts en chiropratique a la compétence pour élaborer des normes de soins. Les rationalistes et les modérés soutiennent l’élaboration de normes de soins par un ensemble d’organisations chiropratiques. Nous sommes arrivés à
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تاریخ انتشار 2002