CJA Vol.14 Issue 2Where Do We Go From Here? Publish or Perish China Diary: Southern Hospitality, Eastern Style Posture Committee Report Introducing the Editorial Board (Part 2) Informed Consent: A Practitioner's
Viewpoint Informed Consent: A Legal View Beyond Informed Consent: Competent
Practitioner-Patient Communication Spinal Adjustment in the Management of Peripheral
Pain Informed Consent: A Practitioner's Viewpoint JOHN A. SWEANEY Observations relating to the practicality and necessity of achieving informed consent in a chiropractic practice whilst keeping in perspective the risk involved with chiropractic adjustments. KEY WORDS: INFORMED CONSENT; CHIROPRACTIC PRACTICE; RISK FACTORS; POTENTIAL COMPLICATIONS; PATIENT COMMUNICATION. J Aust Chiropr Assoc 1984 Jun;14(2):57-8 Informed Consent: A Legal View LOUIS ROTMAN The onus on the practitioner to provide adequate information to the patient about his condition and proposed treatment to enable the patient to make an intelligent decision is discussed in light of various legal decisions and the advocacy of medical consumer groups. The point is made that since the status of chiropractic in Australia is not so well established as that of medicine, chiropractors should be doubly conscientious in fulfilling their obligation to secure informed consent. KEY WORDS: INFORMED CONSENT; PATIENT'S RIGHTS; TRESPASS; ASSAULT; NEGLIGENCE; DECEIT. J Aust Chiropr Assoc 1984 Jun;14(2):59-61 Beyond Informed Consent: Competent Practitioner-Patient Communication JENNIFER R. JAMISON Administration of chiropractic care, without prior patient consent, can be construed as trespass. Battery allegations may be minimized by meticulous exclusion of contraindications prior to adjustment; assault allegations may best be avoided by obtaining the patient's informed consent. Both implied and expressed (oral or written) forms of consent are legally valid. Models of health care appropriate in primary practice emphasise the participant role of the patient and the importance of patient-practitioner communication. Optimal health care at the primary practitioner level incorporates adequate information sharing by the practitioner to enable patients to rationally participate in their health care decisions. It is suggested that good chiropractor-patient communication goes beyond informed consent. KEY WORDS: INFORMED CONSENT; CHIROPRACTIC; PRIMARY PRACTICE. J Aust Chiropr Assoc 1984 Jun;14(2):62-4 Spinal Adjustments in the Management of Peripheral Pain ALLAN G.J. TERRETT and ANDRIES M. KLEYNHANS Neurological hypotheses are presented that provide an explanation of how pain in peripheral structures can be influenced by spinal manipulation, and therefore provides a rationale for the inclusion of spinal manipulation in the management of uncomplicated peripheral pain syndromes. KEY WORDS: ARTICULAR MECHANORECEPTORS; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CENTRAL INHIBITION; EPICONDYLITIS; MUSCLE SPASM; SPINAL MANIPULATION; SHOULDER PAIN; SUBLUXATION. J Aust Chiropr Assoc 1984 Jun;14(2):65-? |
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