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The American Chiropractic Association (ACA) is an organizational descendant of one of the first national chiropractic membership societies, the Universal Chiropractors Association (UCA), which was established at the Palmer School of Chiropractic in 1906. ACA as we know it today was founded in 1963, with the merger of the National Chiropractic ...
Diplomate of the American Chiropractic Board of Acupuncture American program, 3 yr post-doctoral; consisting of 36 week-end seminars provided through an accredited American Chiropractic college; followed by a nationally-administered board certifying examination. This Board is affiliated with the American Chiropractic Association. DACBR [11]
6400 Arlington Boulevard, Suite 650. Location. Falls Church, Virginia, United States. Chairman. Selina Sigafoose-Jackson [1] United States. Website. www.chiropractic.org. The International Chiropractors Association (ICA) was founded by B.J. Palmer in 1926 in Davenport, Iowa, US. Palmer served as it President until his death in 1961.
The American Medical Association called chiropractic an "unscientific cult" [5] and boycotted it until losing a 1987 antitrust case. [ 6 ] : 34 For most of its existence, chiropractic has battled with mainstream medicine , sustained by antiscientific and pseudoscientific ideas such as subluxation .
The American Chiropractic Association (ACA) has an ethical code "based upon the acknowledgement that the social contract dictates the profession's responsibilities to the patient, the public, and the profession; and upholds the fundamental principle that the paramount purpose of the chiropractic doctor's professional services shall be to ...
Sylva Ashworth. Sylva Ashworth (1874–1958) was an American chiropractor, who played a significant role in developing the chiropractic field. She was the founder of the Universal Chiropractors' Association (now known as American Chiropractic Association ). [1] After suffering from many health issues, she tried chiropractic as a last resort and ...
The American Chiropractic Association (ACA) has a "Code of Ethics" [1] "based upon the acknowledgement that the social contract dictates the profession’s responsibilities to the patient, the public, and the profession; and upholds the fundamental principle that the paramount purpose of the chiropractic doctor's professional services shall be to benefit the patient."
The Council on Chiropractic Education (CCE) is an American agency recognized by the United States Department of Education for accreditation of programs and institutions offering the Doctor of Chiropractic degree. The CCE seeks to ensure the quality of chiropractic education in the United States by means of accreditation, educational improvement ...