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Texas Medical Association vs Texas Chiropractic Board
By admin @ 1:21 PM :: 638 Views ::
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| A lawsuit filed in September asks a Texas district court to invalidate the chiropractic board's rules permitting chiropractors to perform clinical needle electromyography and spinal manipulation under anesthesia, because both constitute the clinical and legal practice of medicine. "To protect public safety, the Texas Constitution and state law sharply distinguish the practice of medicine from the activities of chiropractors and other limited-licensed practitioners." TMA President Ladon Homer, M.D. said. "The scope of practice of allied health professionals should not exceed what is safely permitted by their education, training and skills." |
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Carlos @
Sunday, April 15, 2007 3:56 PM
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I agree with the contention that Chiropractic needle treatment as stated in the suit is over reach of their education and trainning
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George Green,MD (retired) @
Friday, January 11, 2008 3:31 PM
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"CARLOS" said:
"I agree with the contention that Chiropractic needle treatment as stated in the suit is over reach of their education and trainning "
First of all, Carlos, the proper wording would be "overreaching", NOT "over reach". Number two, the proper spelling of training is "training", NOT "trainning". So, first off, I would suggest "Carlos" spend less time on pontificating on what his perception of what the training or scope of practice is for Doctors of Chiropractic in Texas, and more time honing his grammar and spelling skills.
Doctors of Chiropractic who engage in performing Needle EMGs take extensive course training in proper evaluation, proper execution of the procedure, and are qualified to perform the procedures. After reviewing EMGs performed by Neurologists and Chiropractic doctors training in electromyography, I have not seen significant differences in either the quality of their execution of this procedure, nor in their clinical evaluation of any latency findings.
The TMA is involved in a "turf battle" with the chiropractors, plain and simple. They have engaged in similar actions in the past in Texas, notably siding in scope of practice issues on behalf of Osteopaths, against podiatrists.
In the court decision in that battle, the podiatrists were victorious against both the Osteopaths and the TMA (although the TMA seemed to be mainly an instigator in that issue).
So, before laypersons start suffering diarrhea of the oral orifice (running off at the mouth), a prudent couse of action would actually to start by gaining some knowledge in the area one professes to have an opinion in.
One first needs to be fully aware of what Chiropractic doctors have in the way of training , education , and experience, and what constitutes their scope of practice as determined by the Board of Chiropractic Examiners, and decisions by the Attorney General for the State of Texas. I submit I doubt our erudite "Carlos"
has such a length and breadth of understanding of all issues at hand.
"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines."
-Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)
"'Tis better to be silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt."
-attributed to President A. Lincoln
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe."
-Albert Einstein
"Most people would die sooner than think; in fact, they do."
-Betrand Russell
"The dumbest people I know are those who know it all."
-Malcolm Forbes
"It's so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and say the opposite."
-Sam Levenson
“Just think of how stupid the average person is, and then realize half of them are even stupider!”
- George Carlin
NOW...FUN FACTS!
One of the most prolific serial killers in history was a medical doctor, Harold Shipman, in England.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Shipman
"After his trial, an inquest decided that there was enough evidence to suggest that Shipman had killed a total of 215 people, about 80% of them female. His youngest victim was Peter Lewis, a 41-year-old man[1]. The official inquiry into his career concluded that he had probably killed 250 people, 218 of whom were positively identified.[2]"
But, he is heir to a line of serial killer/physicians.
Take for example, Thomas Neill Cream , a physician and a serial killer.
http://pubs.acs.org/subscribe/journals/mdd/v04/i11/html/11timeline.html
"One of Dr. Shipman’s predecessors (and Jack the Ripper’s contemporaries) was Dr. Thomas Neill Cream, a physician with a homicidal hatred of women, especially lower-class women and prostitutes. Cream claimed at least seven victims in Canada, Chicago, and London, where Scotland Yard finally captured and charged him with multiple counts of murder in 1891.
Dr. Cream’s favored method of killing his victims was with strychnine tablets; he told his prostitute victims that the pills would prevent sexually transmitted diseases. Poisons were sold over-the-counter during the 1800s. If a doctor or other medical practitioner asked for strychnine or arsenic, the pharmacist wouldn’t hesitate to fulfill the request. Strychnine poisoning is a horrific way to die: Victims succumb to wracking convulsions while they gasp for oxygen as their throat swells shut. “The first symptoms are feelings of apprehension and terror followed by muscle stiffness, twitching of the face, and finally titanic convulsions,” writes Angus McLaren in A Prescription for Murder (2). “The body relaxes, and then the spasms strike again. You have a sense of being suffocated. Indeed, death is actually caused by anoxia—lack of oxygen due to contraction of the lungs. . . . Death occurs in one to two hours, the face fixed in a macabre grin.”
A handsome, debonair gentleman, Thomas Neill Cream graduated from medical school at McGill University in Montreal in 1876 and immediately set his sights on London. The United Kingdom boasted some of the finest medical institutions in the world at this time, such as the Royal College of Physicians and the Royal College of Surgeons. England also was in great need of doctors: The Industrial Revolution had created not only technological advances, but also poverty that manifested itself in filthy, disease-ridden slums that throttled large cities such as London, Manchester, and Glasgow."
And, how about the fact that medical errors are the third leading cause of death in the US yearly, killing over 225,000 people. That is to be read MEDICAL errors, not Chiropractic errors.
For those who may believe that medical doctors are god-like, please look at the following article
by Gary Null, PhD; Carolyn Dean MD, ND; Martin Feldman, MD; Debora Rasio, MD; and Dorothy Smith, PhD, entitled DEATH BY MEDICINE.
http://www.lef.org/magazine/mag2004/mar2004_awsi_death_01.htm
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