The site provides information for patients and chiropractors. There is also information about the work of the Council in setting standards for chiropractic education. It describes in general terms the scope of osteopaths and chiropractics work. Methods of diagnosis and techniques used are also described and would be useful to people seeking information on manipulative therapies outside main stream medicine. Safety aspects and risk factors are also covered in the article.
Reference is made to governing bodies and training as required by law.
The site is clearly laid out with jargon free text and graphics and is easy to move around. The article can be viewed in HTML or easily downloaded in PDF format for those with Adobe Acrobat software. For those without there are guidelines on downloading by other means. Links to PubMed for access to the citation or related articles is also available. The College was originally founded by John McTimoney who had developed his own method of chiropractic treatment.