The sociopolitical development of British chiropractic

• Published in: Journal of manipulative and physiological therapeutics Vol. 14; no. 1; p. 38
• Main Author: Baer, H A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.01.1991
• Subjects: Chiropractic - education; Chiropractic - history; Chiropractic - legislation & jurisprudence; Europe; History, 20th Century; Interprofessional Relations; Osteopathic Medicine; United Kingdom; United States

This paper presents a brief history of British chiropractic and its relationship with chiropractic in North America and on the European continent. The relatively strong presence of osteopathy as a form of manual medicine and the laissez-faire market conditions which Common Law permits alternative he...