Psychoneuroimmunology, the placebo effect andchiropractic

Morgan, Lon

doi:10.1016/s0161-4754(99)70135-1

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“…72 At one end of the spectrum are the progressive practitioners who are willing to subject chiropractic principles to experimental verification. 28,30,47,67,78,79 At the other end, there are the ultraconservatives whose professional activities are confined to a single purpose: to eliminate subluxations. 80 The fact that there is little scientific evidence for the original concept of vertebral subluxation is irrelevant to the latter because this is taken as a matter of faith that is not open to scientific scrutiny.…”

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Chiropractors and Vaccination: A Historical Perspective

Busse

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2000

Pediatrics

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Although there is overwhelming evidence to show that vaccination is a highly effective method of controlling infectious diseases, a vocal element of the chiropractic profession maintains a strongly antivaccination bias. Reasons for this are examined. The basis seems to lie in early chiropractic philosophy, which, eschewing both the germ theory of infectious disease and vaccination, considered disease the result of spinal nerve dysfunction caused by misplaced (subluxated) vertebrae. Although rejected by medical science, this concept is still accepted by a minority of chiropractors. Although more progressive, evidence-based chiropractors have embraced the concept of vaccination, the rejection of it by conservative chiropractors continues to have a negative influence on both public acceptance of vaccination and acceptance of the chiropractic profession by orthodox medicine.

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Chiropractors and Vaccination: A Historical Perspective

Busse

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2000

Pediatrics

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“…20 There is even evidence that psychosocial intervention may influence the survival rates of cancer sufferers. 16,22 Physical Examination Hage et al 12 point out that the physical exam for bone metastases should not be confined to the musculoskeletal system. It should include at least a breast, lymph node, chest wall, and abdominal exam.…”

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confidence: 99%