A survey of accessibility and utilisation of chiropractic services for wheelchair-users in the United Kingdom: What are the issues?

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>People with physical disabilities experience barriers to healthcare across all services despite a legal and moral obligation to the contrary. Complementary medicine is considered as supplementary to conventional care and integration...

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Published in:	Chiropractic & Manual Therapies
Main Authors:	McKay Naomi D, Langworthy Jennifer
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2011-09-01
Subjects:	chiropractic wheelchair-user disabilities complementary and alternative medicine access
Online Access:	http://chiromt.com/content/19/1/20

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