The following Palmer College of Chiropractic Board of Trustees members were reappointed at Palmer's recent Certificate Holders meeting and granted three-year appointments to the Board of Trustees effective Jan. 1, 2014:
Two members of the Board of Trustees elected not to be reappointed and have resigned: Michael Hahn, DC, private chiropractic practitioner, Bettendorf, Iowa; and Paul Peterson, DC, private chiropractic practitioner, Sacramento, Calif. With these reappointments and resignations, Palmer's Board of Trustees currently has 13 members.
Source: Palmer College of Chiropractic
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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