Chiropractic vs. Science Based Medicine (1/2)

Help support Simon Singh and UK Libel Reform. The British Chiropractors Association have brought a libel suit against a science journalist critical of their views. Sign a petition to reform the laws that allow this to happen. In Part 2, I will cover why chiropractic is not science based medicine.

Here's the link to the petition:
http://www.libelreform.org/sign

This is Simon's website:
http://simonsingh.net/

Sense about Science is a group that supports advocates of science, including Simon:
http://www.senseaboutscience.org.uk/index.php/site/project/333/

Jack of Kent is an excellent resource to keep up-to-date on Simon's legal proceedings.
http://jackofkent.blogspot.com/2009/05/bca-v-singh-astonishingly-illiberal.html

If you are interested in cryptography, Simon has a free CD-ROM with a history of code-breaking devices. Go check it out.

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Education

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• Chiropractic
• chiropractor
• Libel
• Reform
• Simon
• Singh
• British
• science
• based
• medicine

[fistukm]

1. Chiropractors are doctors - they have a doctoral degree.

In fact, chiropractic doctors complete more classroom hours than do medical doctors.

Chiropractic education is more focused on the body and gets more hours in:

anatomy, orthopaedics, neurology, diagnosis, xray, etc. vs. medical which focuses on drugs and surgery, and gets more hours on:

chemistry, pharmacology, surgery, psychiatry, etc..

[C0nc0rdance]

@fistukm

Simon Singh also has a doctoral degree, as do I. But then, so does Kent Hovind, and so does anyone with a few hundred dollars and a link to a diploma mill. A degree is hardly a metric of personal competence. I am less concerned with the hours of anatomy, and more concerned with the philosophy of chiropractic classes required of chiropractic students.

But, I'm not interested in denigrating your profession... just informing people of the underpinnings.

[oyzion]

Schools have the flexibility to teach philosophy as they see fit. Philosophy should not deter from scientific principles however. At Loma Linda University of Health Sciences, christian religious principles are applied in the courses in several areas of discipline.  They have the freedom to do so because they are a private institution. However, the sciences are sciences, still.

[oyzion]

The CCE is also recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) and is a member of the Association of Specialized and Professional Accreditors (ASPA).

[oyzion]

CCE seeks to insure the quality of chiropractic education in the US by means of accreditation, educational improvement and public information. CCE develops accreditation criteria to assess how effectively programs or institutions plan, implement and evaluate their mission and goals, program objectives, inputs, resources and outcomes of their chiropractic programs.

[oyzion]

@C0nc0rdance

I agree the degree is a poor source to measure the competence of a person, although it is evidence of completion of a required training. That is why there is accreditation required of educational institutions. The analogy to Kent Hovind is not fair, he admits his PhD is not from an accredited institution. The Council on Chiropractic Education is the agency recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education for accreditation of programs and institutions offering the DC degree.

[haishalehaish]

The British Assoc. messed up.

[haishalehaish]

In my chiropractic school, we learned of the benefits of vaccination, the cons, accusations by anti-vaccination groups and anti-vaccination attitudes, which were mikes by the way. Chiropractic academically, does not hold to the "subluxation theory". There are only 2 schools where this is still the case.

[haishalehaish]

If the chiropractic doc is sticking to what he learned in school and staying updated to new research his view on vaccination will be as the ACA. You tell the patient to get informed and make his own decision. Staying neutral and shown evidence of pros and cons without favoring one side. Let informed people decide.

[mikeisildur]

So do chiropractors admit that vaccines work yet?

[Newtonip]

I love how in retaliation Singh supporters filed false advertisement complaints against chiro practises and 25% (I think) were found to make false claims.

[haishalehaish]

@angryafghan

no. chiropractic is to medicine what salt is to soup. it is what tomato sauce is for pizza. chiropractic is medicine. it is a genuine conservative medical approach to health, not a mere treatment modality. it is a medical profession, period. there are legit docs in it and there are those that are way out. however, the silent majority is scientifically trained and oriented w/o innate. the loud minority are the waka doodles. most chiros ignore them.