Chiropractic, Health Promotion, and Wellness

Meridel I. Gatterman

Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2007 - Family & Relationships - 113 pages

Chiropractors have traditionally counseled patients on health promotion and wellness. For a better understanding of this role, Chiropractic, Health Promotion, and Wellness offers questions and answers across a range of topics including nutrition, exercise, and health behaviors. The doctor of chiropractric as a wellness provider promotes not just spinal health but an encompassing model of health and wellness. This must-have resource provides easy-to-understand, practical information on the ways chiropractors work as partners with individuals in patient-centered atmospheres to improve wellness.

About the author

Dr Gatterman is the editor of two widely used chiropractic textbooks. She practiced chiropractic for 13 years. She also has been an active chiropractic educator for 25 years having held administrative positions at colleges in Oregon, and Ontario. She actively contributed to the curriculum at The Colorado Chiropractic College and held a research appointment at a chiropractic college in New York. She is currently on the editorial board of the Chiropractic Journal of Australia and is Chair of the American Chiropractic Association's Subcommittee on Wellness Education.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Chiropractic, Health Promotion, and Wellness
• Author: Meridel I. Gatterman
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2007
• ISBN: 0763738697, 9780763738693
• Length: 113 pages
• Subjects: Family & Relationships / General; Health & Fitness / Alternative Therapies; Medical / Chiropractic; Medical / Nursing / General