What has research found in regard to chiropractic care?
“By every test of cost and effectiveness, the general weight of evidence shows chiropractic to provide important therapeutic benefits, at economical costs.” Shifrin, LG, Mandated Health Insurance Coverage for Chiropractic Treatment: An Economic Assessment, with Implications for the Commonwealth of Virginia. The College of William and Mary and Medical College of Virginia, January 1992. “Chiropractic patients were three times more satisfied with their care than patients of family physicians.” Western Journal of Medicine, Vol. 150, pp351-355, 1989. “Chiropractors must complete a minimum of 6 and, on average, 7 years of college and post-graduate study to earn their degrees. Their education includes at least 4,200 hours of classroom, laboratory and clinical experience, and as much — and sometimes more than — course work in anatomy and physiology as most medical doctors. After they receive their degrees from one of the nation’s 17 accredited chiropractic colleges, they have to pass rigorou