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Title: | The need for a chiropractic adverse events reporting system in Australia |
Epworth Authors: | Cunningham, John |
Other Authors: | Benhamu, Joanne Hawkes, David |
Issue Date: | Mar-2014 |
Citation: | Med J Aust. 2014 Mar 3;200(4):204. |
Abstract: | Following media reports of a complaint to the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency regarding a 4-month-old baby’s neck fracture following chiropractic treatment for apparent torticollis,1 the president of the Chiropractors’ Association of Australia stated that “not a single serious adverse event has been recorded in the literature (worldwide) involving a qualified chiropractor treating a child since 1992”.2 However, an examination of the medical literature on adverse events related to chiropractic reveals an interesting story. A PubMed search for “chiropractic adverse event(s)” identifies 18 primary research papers since 1992 that could be classified as examining adverse events, none of which were Australian. adverse events chiropractor |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/11434/50 |
DOI: | doi: 10.5694/mja13.11347 |
PubMed URL: | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24580515 |
ISSN: | 0025-729X |
Journal Title: | Medical Journal of Australia |
Type: | Journal Article |
Appears in Collections: | Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation |
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