HOW CHIROPRACTIC RECOGNITION WAS ACCOMPLISHED WITHIN THE AUSTRALIAN HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM THE MAGNIFICENT CONTRIBUTION BY DR. JAMES BARRY RITCHIE
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Abstract
This paper tells the good news and success story of the first chiropractic course in the world to achieve both full government funding and government accreditation. It also tells the story of Dr. James Barry Ritchie, former Principal of Preston Institute of Technology, who explicates the context in which Chiropractic was allowed to flourish in the interest of serving patients, mainly in Australia.
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