• Mootz RJ

• Health Care Reform
• Interprofessional Relations
• Managed Care Programs
• Primary Health Care

In recent years the chiropractic profession has seen increasing acceptance into the health care mainstream. This article reviews the relationship chiropractic has had with mainstream medicine and characterizes the changes in direction that have begun to take place. Chiropractic's traditional isolation from the mainstream of health care is discussed, and the impact this isolation has had on the profession is outlined. An overview of chiropractic's social, political, clinical, and scientific growth is provided. The impacts and contributions chiropractic has offered the health care system are discussed. Potential future strategies for the profession's continuing development and evolution within mainstream health care are offered.