Contextually Aided Recovery (CARe): a scientific theory for innate healing

• Published in: Chiropractic & manual therapies Vol. 25; no. 1; p. 6
• Main Authors: Newell, Dave, Lothe, Lise R, Raven, Timothy J L
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 13.02.2017; BioMed Central
• Subjects: Chiropractic; Forecasts and trends; Health aspects; Hypothesis; Methods; Patient care; Patient outcomes; Quality of life; Recovery of function; Healing; Innate; Chiropractic care; Contextual effects; Contextual factors; Placebo

The chiropractic profession emerged when scientific explanations for causes of health and disease were still in infancy and the co-existence of notions such as innate healing and vitalism were perhaps admissible within such a historical context. Notwithstanding, within the scientific culture of the...