We take care of our own
Subtitle: NCMIC & the story of malpractice insurance in chiropractic
By: Joseph C. Keating, Jr., Louis Sportelli, Lawrence Siordia.
Contributors: Sportelli, Louis.; Siordia, Lawrence.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: NCMIC Group
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Clive, Iowa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 198
Subjects: NCMIC Group, Inc; Chiropractic -- Insurance, Malpractice -- History; Insurance, Liability -- history; Chiropractic -- history
Other titles: NCMIC and the story of malpractice insurance in chiropractic
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Ch.1 BORN IN ADVERSITY: THE UNIVERSAL CHIROPRACTOR'S ASSOCIATION /Joseph C. Keating and Lawrence Siordia; The courtroom beckons; Lawyers & the law; Hand-in-hand: civil & criminal charges; The first "Martyr"; Protective language & protective societies; title: Ch.2 TOM MORRIS, DEFENDER OF CHIROPRACTIC /Joseph C. Keating; Man of the people; The first acquittal; A turning point in chiropractic history; The house that Morris built; Legislative activities; Parting company; End of an era; title: Ch.3 LORAN M. ROGERS & THE NATIONAL CHIROPRACTIC ASSOCIATION /Joseph C. Keating; The man from Webster City; The early years; Legal services; Changing of the guard; title: Ch.4 THE CHIROPRACTIC INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA /Joseph C. Keating; In the beginning; Getting underway; Establishing parameters; Growth & development; title: Ch.5 THE CHALLENGE FROM CALIFORNIA /Joseph C. Keating; A tradition of discontent; Enter triton; The California battlefield; title: Ch.6 TRANSITIONS: NCMIC IN THE 1960s/Joseph C. Keating; The new landscape; Riding the turbulence; The maturation process; Meeting special needs; The bottom line; title: Ch.7 BRAVING THE STORM: NCMIC IN THE 1970s /Joseph C. Keating; Changes at home; The new environment; Change at the top; Assessing risk.; title: Ch. 8 STORMS BEYOND & STORM WITHIN: NCMIC IN THE 1980s /Joseph C. Keating; Early turnover & expansion; Business growth & competition; New crises; The struggle for control; At decade's end; title: Ch. 9 NCMIC COMES OF AGE/Louis Sportelli and Joseph C. Keating; Governance & operations; Financial growth & diversification; Service to the profession & beyond; Retrospective; title: Ch. 10 EPILOG /Louis Sportelli; title: APPENDIX A: Letter to California chiropractors issued circa July 1960 by Stuart F. Schilling, chairman of the Committee on Chiropractic Welfare; title: APPENDIX B: ACA-State Affiliation Agreement, 1969; title: APPENDIX C: Annual report of the National Chiropractic Insurance Company, June 22, 1969, by Cecil L. Martin, president; title: APPENDIX D: States pending admission status, from a report by Leo E. Wunsch II, president of NCMIC, to Louis O. Gearhart, executive director of American Chiropractic Association; title: APPENDIX E: Malpractice considerations for chiropractic paraprofessionals; excerpted from Jackson & Schafer.