New York City Council member, Stephen Fiala (Staten Island), issued a proclamation on behalf of the council to honor the Division of Chiropractic at Doctors' Hospital of Staten Island. The proclamation is a commendation for chiropractic's "exemplary record" in the hospital setting.
The proclamation reads in part:
Since the commencement of the Division of Chiropractic, Department of Medicine at Doctors' Hospital of Staten Island in 1997, patients have benefited from the pairing of traditional orthodox allopathic medicine, with complementary alternative chiropractic. Patients receive safe, efficient and cost-effective care.This teaming together of chiropractors and medical doctors marks historic progress in health care, allowing greater communication between the doctors of different disciplines out of concern for the patient. This communication fosters certain understandings between the professions that help to diffuse any prejudices against patients who may desire both chiropractic and medical care.
When I graduated from chiropractic college in 1981 and started practice, I heard it all, and very little was positive. “You are a quack; you do not know what a subluxation is; you couldn’t get into a real health care program, so you chose the one that is slightly above a mail-order degree; you have no proof that chiropractic works; Are you really licensed?”, and so much more.
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