What is it about?
Manipulating the immature spine of a newborn baby or a small child, as some chiropractors are doing to correct alleged vertebral subluxations, is an unnecessary and dangerous practice that should be opposed.
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Why is it important?
Physicians and parents should be made aware of the unproven and unacceptable aspects of pediatric chiropractic care.
Perspectives
As a retired chiropractor, I do not recommend or support any form of chiropractic care for preadolescent children without the supervision of a board-certified pediatrician or orthopedist.
Dr Samuel Homola
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This page is a summary of: Pediatric Chiropractic Care: The Subluxation Question And Referral Risk, Bioethics, January 2016, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1111/bioe.12225.
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