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The International Chiropractors Association (ICA) opposes the use of the World Federation of Chiropractic (WFC) Research Council as a platform to divide the profession and promote intolerance. As a result of recent events including unprofessional and offensive comments made during a presentation at the WFC’s Berlin meeting, the ICA’s Board voted unanimously to file a formal complaint to the World Federation of Chiropractic. ICA President, Stephen Welsh, DC, FICA in submitting the official complaint this week stated: “As a member association of the WFC, the ICA cannot stand by while direct insults to all chiropractors that focus on the correction of the subluxation are hurled from a global stage. Such a public display of intolerance undermines the credibility of the entire profession.” The ICA supports the World Federation endorsement of an evidence-based, patient-centered, interprofessional and collaborative approach in chiropractic. Any suggestion by a handful of researchers and academics that the practice of vitalistic, subluxation-oriented chiropractic is unscientific and not evidenced-based is a false premise that will aggressively challenged by the ICA. By filing a formal complaint, the ICA seeks a swift corrective action by the WFC in order to reaffirm the underlying foundational principles of the WFC that includes an acknowledgment and respect for the variations in practice that exist between international jurisdictions. A copy of the complaint can be viewed going by clicking here. Source: http://www.chiropractic.org/ica-board-files-formal-complaint-with-world-federation-of-chiropractic-wfc/?fbclid=IwAR3Z4z6KjjFbhjYHuRY4FcYX7n-H3jDkuVEpsKqeId53qQCBbT0e1-1Q_ok
The International Chiropractors Association (ICA) opposes the use of the World Federation of Chiropractic (WFC) Research Council as a platform to divide the profession and promote intolerance. As a result of recent events including unprofessional and offensive comments made during a presentation at the WFC’s Berlin meeting, the ICA’s Board voted unanimously to file a formal complaint to the World Federation of Chiropractic. ICA President, Stephen Welsh, DC, FICA in submitting the official complaint this week stated:
“As a member association of the WFC, the ICA cannot stand by while direct insults to all chiropractors that focus on the correction of the subluxation are hurled from a global stage. Such a public display of intolerance undermines the credibility of the entire profession.”
The ICA supports the World Federation endorsement of an evidence-based, patient-centered, interprofessional and collaborative approach in chiropractic. Any suggestion by a handful of researchers and academics that the practice of vitalistic, subluxation-oriented chiropractic is unscientific and not evidenced-based is a false premise that will aggressively challenged by the ICA.
By filing a formal complaint, the ICA seeks a swift corrective action by the WFC in order to reaffirm the underlying foundational principles of the WFC that includes an acknowledgment and respect for the variations in practice that exist between international jurisdictions. A copy of the complaint can be viewed going by clicking here.
Source: http://www.chiropractic.org/ica-board-files-formal-complaint-with-world-federation-of-chiropractic-wfc/?fbclid=IwAR3Z4z6KjjFbhjYHuRY4FcYX7n-H3jDkuVEpsKqeId53qQCBbT0e1-1Q_ok