What Is Wrong with Osteopathy? A Response to Thomson and MacMillan

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aut.relation.articlenumber100694
aut.relation.endpage100694
aut.relation.journalInternational Journal of Osteopathic Medicine
aut.relation.startpage100694
dc.contributor.authorNicholls, David A
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-26T02:11:12Z
dc.date.available2024-01-26T02:11:12Z
dc.date.issued2023-11
dc.description.abstractThomson and MacMillan's paper What's wrong with osteopathy? has understandably caused some consternation within the profession. In this commentary I want to support the intent of their argument, but also suggest they do not go far enough. Western healthcare is entering a post-professional era which will profoundly affect every profession's identity and social purpose. The effects of late capitalism on the atomisation of the body, the unbundling of goodness and expertise, and the transformative effects of digital technologies are not commonly discussed issues in osteopathy, but they are becoming central concerns for any profession looking to adapt to future healthcare. In this essay, I briefly outline the challenges of post-professionalism and explore some of the reactions we have already seen in other professions like physiotherapy. Four response archetypes are identified: watching and waiting, a modern heritage approach, professional renaissance, and hybrid professionalism that, I argue, lies behind Thomson and MacMillan's proposition. All four of these approaches are shown to have significant limitations, so the paper ends with some suggestions for a direction that might be a better way forward for osteopathy.
dc.identifier.citationInternational Journal of Osteopathic Medicine, ISSN: 1746-0689 (Print), Elsevier BV, 100694-100694. doi: 10.1016/j.ijosm.2023.100694
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.ijosm.2023.100694
dc.identifier.issn1746-0689
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10292/17150
dc.languageen
dc.publisherElsevier BV
dc.relation.urihttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S174606892300038X
dc.rightsCopyright © 2023 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. This is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in (see Citation). Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. The definitive version was published in (see Citation). The original publication is available at (see Publisher's Version).
dc.rights.accessrightsOpenAccess
dc.subject42 Health Sciences
dc.subject4208 Traditional, Complementary and Integrative Medicine
dc.subject1104 Complementary and Alternative Medicine
dc.subjectOrthopedics
dc.subject4208 Traditional, complementary and integrative medicine
dc.titleWhat Is Wrong with Osteopathy? A Response to Thomson and MacMillan
dc.typeJournal Article
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