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CENTRAL DUPAGE HOSPITAL
Policy Regarding Doctors of Chiropractic
Upon recommendation of the Executive Committee of the Medical
Staff, the Board of Directors on 8/24/81 adopted a policy not
permitting access to Physical
Therapy, Occupational Therapy,
Laboratory and X-ray facilities at Central DuPage Hospital by
chiropractors, based upon the following reasons:
- Chiropractic theory and treatment and philosophically
incompatible with the type of medicine practiced at CDH.
Moreover, doctors of chiropractic have limited medical
training and are not legally permitted to administer
medication or practice surgery.
- Therefore, providing chiropractors with access to CDH
diagnostic and treatment facilities could create confusion in
the minds of patients as to the Hospital's relationship with
the chiropractor, the responsibility it assumes as to his
patients and the potential confusion as to whether the
Hospital has endorsed chiropractic.
- This in turn could result in suboptimal patient care arising
from the confusion in patients' minds regarding the different
philosophies and practice of medical and osteopathic
physicians on the one hand, and doctors of chiropractic, on
the other.
- Finally it is well established that the Board delegates to the
medical staff the authority for monitoring patient care
through a system of peer supervision. Because of the
philosophical incompatibilities between doctors of medicine
and practitioners of chiropractic, such a system of peer
supervision is rendered impractical.
9/81
Reaffirmed by Board of Directors 11/28/83
Revised 11/88 11/11/88
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