Title |
Are chiropractors in the uk primary healthcare or primary contact practitioners?: a mixed methods study
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Published in |
Chiropractic & Manual Therapies, October 2010
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DOI | 10.1186/1746-1340-18-28 |
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Authors |
Amanda R Jones-Harris |
Abstract |
One of the debates regarding the role of chiropractors is whether or not they should be considered as primary healthcare practitioners. Primary care is often used to describe chiropractic but without any definition of what is meant by the term. Primary healthcare itself has many definitions and this adds to the problem. Existing research literature, based mostly in the USA, suggests that the use of the title "primary healthcare professional" by chiropractors is central to the identity of the profession. It has also been suggested that the concept of primary care is misused by chiropractors because they have not examined the concept in detail and thus do not understand it. For the sake of quality of patient care and for the legitimacy of the profession, chiropractors in the UK need to agree on their healthcare role. This study aimed to examine the opinions of chiropractors towards the use of the term primary healthcare when applied to chiropractic practice within the UK. |
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Saudi Arabia | 2 | 100% |
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Members of the public | 2 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
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United Kingdom | 1 | 2% |
United States | 1 | 2% |
Unknown | 41 | 95% |
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Student > Master | 11 | 26% |
Student > Bachelor | 7 | 16% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 5 | 12% |
Other | 4 | 9% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 3 | 7% |
Other | 8 | 19% |
Unknown | 5 | 12% |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 18 | 42% |
Psychology | 5 | 12% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 4 | 9% |
Social Sciences | 3 | 7% |
Neuroscience | 2 | 5% |
Other | 4 | 9% |
Unknown | 7 | 16% |