Here at Safer Health Care we try to focus on positive interventions and encourage patients and physicians to question. We have specifically avoided the chiropractic- allopathic schism in health care.
Unfortunately the British Chiropractic Association (BCA) has forced us to ask some serious questions. Dr Simon Singh allegedly libelled the chiropractors according to a suit filed by the BCA against Singh.
The ruckus began when Singh noted that the BCA supports “bogus” therapies. Surely chiropractic as practiced by many chiropractors has some benefit in the care of musculoskeletal pain and injuries. Yet the BCA and many chiropractors (on both sides of the Atlantic) promote manipulations for organic illness such as lupus or asthma. Singh’s concern relates primarily to the complete lack of meaningful evidence for the use of chiropractic in these other illnesses.
We agree with Singh. All physicians- chiropractic, osteopathic, and allopathic must be willing to subject their treatments to the scrutiny of scientific rigor. Barring such scrutiny we become charlatans.
Patients should always ask about the science in their treatment. Make your physician explain in simple, lay terms what the therapy might legitimately be expected to do for you. It’s not science for the physician to simply describe his/her own experience- that’s not science.
It’s your health. Take charge and take care.
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Medicine and thus health care is a failed state. In this climate of “rukus” healthcare; patients will take any explanation that comes. Science and Studies have proved themselves biased and iligitamate over the last two decades. the era of “science” has basterdized itself.
Even if my Phycisican could quote to me some “science” I for one would still be skeptical. Having watched phycicans simply make-up and fabricate science on-the-spot.
Excellent points Matt. You have hit the real issue that we address at Safer Health Care- take responsibility. Do not let your doctor “bamboozle” you. Ask questions and demand answers.