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.
| Digital ExclusiveAHC Seeks Editor for Chiropractic History
Are you interested in chiropractic history and experienced in producing a periodic publication? Chiropractic History, "The Archives and Journal of the Association for the History of Chiropractic" (AHC), is in need of an editor. Writing experience is required and an advanced degree in a related field is preferred.
According to the AHC, the position involves limited travel and will begin in January 2009. Interested candidates can contact current editor Dr. John Willis (jcwillis@netscope.net) or AHC Executive Director Ray Tuck (raytuck@tuckclinic.com) for additional information and/or to submit a resume for consideration.
Produced twice annually, Chiropractic History is now in its 28th year of publication. It is indexed in Current Work in the History of Medicine, the Index to Chiropractic Literature, the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), Manual Alternative and Natural Therapies Indexing System (MANTIS), and selectively (1981 - June 1999) in PubMed.
The journal currently lists three associate editors and two assistant editors in addition to the editor, along with a three-person publication committee and 14-member editorial advisory board that includes Drs. Scott Haldeman, Donald Kern and Louis Sportelli, among others.