We offer the following comments on the recently distributed Sanders Report as a contribution to the Atkinson Forum and the ensuing debate. We believe, for reasons delineated below, that the Sanders Report is seriously flawed It is our opinion that the only scholarly and socially responsible course of action for Atkinson College is to refer this matter back to a more representative committee, whose mandate would include a study of the validity, in consultation with external biomedical experts, both of the curriculum of the CMCC and of the safety and efficacy of chiropractic therapies.
Regulatory agencies are primarily concerned with whether a group is organized and can self-regulate.
Note, for example, that there is also a College of Massage Therapists with the same regulatory status, just as there is a College of Physiotherapists. First and foremost, compatibility requires a consistency with contemporary biomedical paradigms. If this criterion is not satisfied, these traits are irrelevant. Contrary to statements in the Report, the most recent findings do not show chiropractic to be efficacious for asthma and infantile colic. None of these three premises has been demonstrated in the Report to be valid.