Because they have yet to pass national legislation protecting the chiropractic profession, Japanese DCs are in a similar situation that U.S. DCs faced. We were fortunate enough to be able to pass chiropractic licensure state by state. The DCs in Japan must accomplish this nationally, which has proved to be an extremely difficult task. And in spite of their efforts, Japanese DCs are currently faced with two chiropractic professions.
I.Q. -- Interesting Quote
AMA Plot Still At Work?
According to noted historian Walter I. Wardwell, PhD, the AMA-sponsored Congress on Medical Quackery (circa 1962) developed four "campaign goals" for the destruction of the chiropractic profession, and they are printed below.1 Pay close attention to number three:
1. Doing everything within our power to see that chiropractic coverage under Title 18 of the Medicare Law is not obtained.
2. Doing everything within our power to see that recognition or listing by the U.S. Office of Education of a chiropractic accrediting agency is not achieved.
3. To encourage continued separation of the two national chiropractic associations.
4. To encourage state medical societies to take the initiative in their state legislatures in regard to legislation that might affect the practice of chiropractic.
If the chiropractic profession can forge a unity for itself, at least one of the AMA's goals will have been permanently thwarted.
Reference
1. Wardwell WI. Alternative policies adopted by organized medicine toward osteopaths and chiropractors. Research in Social Policy (1996);Volume 4:209-239.