Chiropractic and Social Justice: A View From the Perspective of Beauchamp's Principles

Abstract Social justice in public health involves the process and product of a community acting to fairly distribute advantages and burdens to improve the health of its population and to reasonably take care of the disadvantaged. Although publications are available about chiropractic public health h...

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Published in:Journal of manipulative and physiological therapeutics 2010-07, Vol.33 (6), p.407-411
Main Authors: Green, Bart N., DC, MSEd, Johnson, Claire, DC, MSEd
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Chiropractic - ethics
Healthcare Disparities - ethics
Humans
Marketing of Health Services - ethics
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Principle-Based Ethics
Public Health - ethics
Social Justice
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Summary:Abstract Social justice in public health involves the process and product of a community acting to fairly distribute advantages and burdens to improve the health of its population and to reasonably take care of the disadvantaged. Although publications are available about chiropractic public health history, programs, and policy, the potential role of chiropractic in social justice has received little attention. This article discusses Beauchamp's 4 principles of social justice and suggests actions that the chiropractic profession may consider to participate in the practice of social justice in the field of public health.
ISSN:0161-4754
1532-6586
DOI:10.1016/j.jmpt.2010.07.001