Ask Ann Landers
Want to know how the public views the efforts of licensing boards to police their professions? One point of view was expressed by Ann Landers in her July 30, 1995 syndicated advice column. A reader asked about a North Carolina surgeon (Dr. Sattler) who has been found guilty of endangering his patients. Instead of lambasting the doctor, Ms. Landers rightly placed the responsibility squarely on the licensing board for suspending the doctor's license a mere two months.
"Thank you for keeping me posted. I must say, however, it is not Sattler who is on trial, it's the members of the North Carolina Medical Licensing Board. They decide who can practice. I'm glad I live in Illinois."People expect a licensing board to shoulder much of the responsiblity for the safety, honesty, and integrity of those professionals it regulates. Chiropractic licensing boards should take heed.
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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A central challenge in creating our identity is that chiropractic is a method of care, not a technique or procedure. This is an important concept for us to promote. Our patients are treated with lifestyle modification, exercise, nutritional supplements, diet and a whole-body approach to accelerate the natural healing process. We are not simply CMT providers.
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