The treatment may cause irreparable harm or even death. The patient needs to know that in choosing this option, he may not necessarily know what the ramifications will be until they occur. Also he needs to know that the chiropractor does not make judgments regarding this option, nor provide it and that if a patient is to choose this option, the finest expert advice is a necessity. A. Ramifications 1. Positive - the body with a good nerve supply may be able to heal itself.
Many people do get well.
Negative - here is where limitations of time and matter must be explained to the patient. The patient needs to know that he is dealing with the symptoms of a medical problem and that chiropractors do not make judgments concerning medical problems. The decision to begin chiropractic care and allow the body an opportunity to heal itself or to consider the possibility that the body is past limitations of time and matter and that another option is needed, is entirely up to the patient himself. The objectives of both professions are different therefore both can take place coincidentally. A. Ramifications 1.