• Leach RA

• Open Access Document
• Philosophy, Chiropractic

Chiropractic theory and development is briefly explored and compared with contemporary medical theory. Theoretical and philosophical assumptions in chiropractic, this writer predicts, may be challenged and altered in the 21st century. Technological advances and a slow trend in chiropractic toward a more scientific basis may result in improved theory, practice, and utilization in the next century. In order for such advances to occur, however, the profession must change some deeply rooted attitudes regarding scientific research and practice, adopt new attitudes regarding the need for clinical research, and ultimately become consumers of chiropractic research and of chiropractic techniques that have been subject to research.

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