CJA Vol.29 Issue 4Editorial: A Road Travelled, Horizons to Ponder. In Memoriam: Harold Laurence Fogarty Spinal Manipulative Therapy and Visceral Disorders
A Chiropractic Conceptual Framework, Part 5:
Paradigms The Best of Books for 1999: A chiropractor's tools
to aid thinking Chiropractic Practice-Looking to the future Spinal Manipulative Therapy and Visceral Disorders Brian S. Budgell. Objective: To review the research literature related to spinal
manipulation to determine the degree to which the chiropractic
management of patients with visceral diseases was supported by original
data. Methods: Computer searches were made using Medline, MANTIS, and
the Index of Chiropractic Literature (ICL). These were supplemented by
hand searching libraries of three chiropractic colleges. A Chiropractic Conceptual Framework, Part 5: Paradigms Andries M. Kleynhans Requirements for paradigm building are clarified in light of the literature with special reference to Kuhn, Mayr, Lakatos, Laudan and Riggs. Application to chiropractic suggests that development is in a pre-paradigm stage necessitating model and paradigm development with a focus on consensus, implementationb of relevant methods and the development of a research tradition. Emphasis is placed upon the importance to have a specialist group of chiropractic scientists (both chiropractors and non-chiropractors) find chiropractic solutions to chiropractic puzzles and to influence both theory choice and theory change. INDEX TERMS: MEsH: Chiropractic, Other: Paradigm, Research Tradition, Philosophy of Science, Scientific Community Chiropr J Aust 1999;29:129-36. The Best of Books for 1999: A chiropractor's tools to aid thinking Phillip Ebrall Reviews are presented of a number of books published during 1999. A variety of publications for the year were selectively sampled by the author as to whether they held relevance to the clinical practice of chiropractic and its contemporary understanding. Fourteen titles were chosen for inclusion in this review, and they address both clinical and professional issues, including ethics, research and philosophy. The review comments are prefaced by commentary on the dichotomy which is perceived within the chiropractic profession between evidence-based practice and the more experiential, empirical practice approach. The conclusion is reached that, given chiropractic is practiced globally, allowance should be made for sociocultural expectations of individual countries. INDEX TERMS: MEsH: Chiropractic; Asutralia Chiropr J Aust 1999; 29:137-47. |
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