As the British Chiropractic Association's battle with Simon Singh continues to work its way through the legal system, chiropractors are counting the fincancial costs of a major backlash resulting from a libel action that has left the Lord Chief Justice "baffled". What was originally a dispute between the BCA and one science writer over free speech has become a brutally effective campaign to reform an entire industry.
A staggering one in four chiropractors in Britain are now under investigation for allegedly making misleading claims in advertisements, according to figures revealed by the General Chiropractic Council.
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Enjoyed your article Martin, and Kudos to you for sticking to the crux of the story and avoiding any petty digs at chiropractors in general. I couldn't quantify the impact the campaign has had on the profession from a business point of view as nobody would openly admit that their patient numbers had decreased, I was surprized that so many chiropractors were caught out by trading standards etc. as a climate of fear of prosecution by the GCC usually causes most to practice very defensively.
Excellent.
I thought your article was an accurate portrayal of events and raised the question- What is the chiropractic profession going to do now? Assimilate itself into the biomedical model or remain separate and distinct from medicine in providing chiropractic care. To most chiropractors regulation meant not having to pay VAT, that was the carrot that attracted them. Naively the only downside BCA members saw was having to call McTimoney practitioners colleagues.
i wonder if any of those handbags are bogus/
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