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More Than Cracking Backs: Exploring Patient-Careers In Chiropractic Care, Timothy J. Loney
More Than Cracking Backs: Exploring Patient-Careers In Chiropractic Care, Timothy J. Loney
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The popularity of the concept of patient-career rose at the same time as more people were using chiropractic care in the United States. Yet, patient-career has yet to be applied in a sociological manner to those who seek out chiropractic care. Semi-structured in-depth interviews with 19 patients of chiropractic care reveal that pain, to the point of interference with daily-life, is what drove them to seek out help outside traditional medicine. This research investigates how holding preconceived notions of chiropractic care (positive or negative), the influence of social networks, and beliefs surrounding health and pain influence the direction of the …