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In modern times the profession, through the venue of the World Federation of Chiropractic, or through National Associations, has taken certain positions on various public health matters. | In modern times the profession, through the venue of the [[World Federation of Chiropractic]], or through National Associations, has taken certain positions on various public health matters. | ||
Some of the most important and some of the most controversial are: | Some of the most important and some of the most controversial are: | ||
Revision as of 04:08, 6 December 2010
In modern times the profession, through the venue of the World Federation of Chiropractic, or through National Associations, has taken certain positions on various public health matters.
Some of the most important and some of the most controversial are:
Vaccination
Although vaccination is one of the most cost-effective forms of prevention against infectious disease, it remains controversial within the chiropractic community.[1] Most chiropractic writings on vaccination focus on its negative aspects,[1] claiming that it is hazardous or ineffective.[2] Evidence-based chiropractors have embraced vaccination, but a minority of the profession rejects it, as original chiropractic philosophy traces diseases to causes in the spine and states that diseases cannot be affected by vaccines.[3] The American Chiropractic Association and the International Chiropractic Association support individual exemptions to compulsory vaccination laws, and a 1995 survey of U.S. chiropractors found that about a third believed there was no scientific proof that immunization prevents disease.[3] The Canadian Chiropractic Association supports vaccination; surveys in Canada in 2000 and 2002 found that 40% of chiropractors supported vaccination, and that over a quarter opposed it and advised patients against vaccinating themselves or their children.[1]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Busse JW, Morgan L, Campbell JB (2005). "Chiropractic antivaccination arguments". J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 28 (5): 367–73. doi:10.1016/j.jmpt.2005.04.011. PMID 15965414.
- ↑ Ernst E (2001). "Rise in popularity of complementary and alternative medicine: reasons and consequences for vaccination". Vaccine. 20 (Suppl 1): S89–93. doi:10.1016/S0264-410X(01)00290-0. PMID 11587822.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Campbell JB, Busse JW, Injeyan HS (2000). "Chiropractors and vaccination: a historical perspective". Pediatrics. 105 (4): e43. PMID 10742364.