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Open Access 01-12-2017 | Debate

What is chiropractic?

Authors: Jan Hartvigsen, Simon French

Published in: Chiropractic & Manual Therapies | Issue 1/2017

Abstract

While in some jurisdictions chiropractic is fully integrated in public and insurance funded health care systems, in others it is outside and considered as complementary or alternative health care. There is a paucity of data and rigorous scientific studies regarding most aspects of chiropractic practice although research activity has been increasing in recent years. We call for papers for a thematic series in Chiropractic and Manual Therapies that can help define chiropractic better to stakeholders inside and outside the profession under the theme What is Chiropractic?

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Title: What is chiropractic?
Authors: Jan Hartvigsen
Simon French
Publication date: 01-12-2017
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: Chiropractic & Manual Therapies / Issue 1/2017
Electronic ISSN: 2045-709X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12998-017-0163-x

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