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Journal Chiropr J Aust. 2006 Mar;36(1):9-16
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Abstract/Notes Chiropractic, in retrospect, has achieved a significant independent role in private healthcare delivery during its first century in Australia. This paper identifies early chiropractors, summarises periods of those first 100 years, notes significant landmarks, and traces historical forces interacting in chiropractic’s independent development. Now entering its second century, integration of chiropractic into the public healthcare delivery system is the new challenge to be addressed. This involves successful integration of chiropractors into government-funded, medically dominated hospitals, community health centres, and other healthcare institutions without compromise and public funding by both governments and industry for chiropractic education and research. Integration of chiropractic into the public healthcare system challenges chiropractors, other health professionals, governments, and industry. How this comes about will determine whether chiropractic continues to develop with integrity in its second century in Australia, or becomes subsumed to medical practice.

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