Australian Chiropractors Association
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| Formation | September 1990 |
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| Type | Professional association |
| Headquarters | Parramatta, New South Wales |
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Membership | 2500+ as of 2015[1] |
Official language | English |
President | Dr Anthony Coxon |
Key people | CEO: Matthew Fisher |
The Australian Chiropractors Association (ACA), founded in 1990 as the Chiropractors' Association of Australia (CAA),[2] is the largest association of chiropractors and chiropractic students in Australia.[3] Following a restructure of the Association into a single entity in May 2018, the name was changed to the Australian Chiropractors Association.
Chiropractic has been widely discredited by mainstream academia and is regarded as pseudoscience and a form of complementary and alternative medicine.[4]
Scope and operations
The ACA's stated mission is to provide leadership and facilitate unity and excellence within the profession, assist members to deliver patient centred, holistic, natural, competent and effective health care. To engage with stakeholders including governments, academic institutions, media and the public as well as facilitate and promote communication between members and non-members. They further state they wish to develop and promote chiropractic practice, education and research as well as set and maintain standards.[5]
Controversy
In 2015, the President-elect of the ACA, Dr Helen Alevanki, resigned after making numerous visits to the maternity ward of an undisclosed hospital in Victoria to perform chiropractic on new-born babies. Her resignation was accepted by the board. An investigation by the AHPRA found that Dr Alevanki entered the premises of the hospital without the permission of the facility. She was not stripped of her registration as a Chiropractor.[1]
References
- ^ a b "Chiropractors Association director resigns after unauthorised baby treatment". www.abc.net.au. 24 July 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
- ^ CAA. "History". Retrieved 18 August 2013.
- ^ CAA. "About CAA". Retrieved 18 August 2013.
- ^ Singh, Simon. (2008). Trick or treatment? : Alternative medicine on trial. Ernst, E. (Edzard). London: Bantam Press. ISBN 978-0-593-06129-9. OCLC 190777228.
- ^ CAA. "Core Values". Retrieved 18 August 2013.