Themes Underlying Australian General Practitioner Views towards Chiropractic and Osteopathy: An Assessment of Free Text Data from a Cross-Sectional Survey
Joint Authors
Grace, Sandra
Engel, Roger
Jalsion, Ian
Source
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2018, Issue 2018 (31 Dec. 2018), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2018-01-14
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The Australian chiropractic and osteopathic professions underwent a period of significant transformation between 1960 and 2000.
This resulted in an improvement in the views held by the medical profession towards the two professions.
However, a recent survey of Australian general practitioners (GPs) reported that a number of GPs still hold negative views towards chiropractors and osteopaths.
This paper examines these views from the perspective of critical realism and explores the generative mechanisms that can influence the willingness of health practitioners to collaborate over patient care.
A qualitative analysis of open-ended responses to a survey of 630 Australian GPs was conducted.
Unfavourable attitudes of GPs towards chiropractors and osteopaths included perceived lack of safety, efficacy, and inadequacy of training, despite chiropractic’s and osteopathy’s reliance on the same evidence base and similar training to those of other manual therapy professions such as physiotherapy.
These attitudes may be underpinned by the professional biases against chiropractic and osteopathy that continue to marginalise the professions within the Australian healthcare system.
Continued investment in the research base for chiropractic and osteopathic practice is required, along with raising the awareness of GPs about the education and skills of chiropractors and osteopaths.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Grace, Sandra& Engel, Roger& Jalsion, Ian. 2018. Themes Underlying Australian General Practitioner Views towards Chiropractic and Osteopathy: An Assessment of Free Text Data from a Cross-Sectional Survey. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine،Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1154668
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Grace, Sandra…[et al.]. Themes Underlying Australian General Practitioner Views towards Chiropractic and Osteopathy: An Assessment of Free Text Data from a Cross-Sectional Survey. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine No. 2018 (2018), pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1154668
American Medical Association (AMA)
Grace, Sandra& Engel, Roger& Jalsion, Ian. Themes Underlying Australian General Practitioner Views towards Chiropractic and Osteopathy: An Assessment of Free Text Data from a Cross-Sectional Survey. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2018. Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1154668
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1154668