Chiropractic Insights

by Christopher Kent D.C., Esq.

Overview

Chiropractic Insights is a collection of essays, covering a variety of topics, including philosophy, politics, education, research, and other issues of interest to the chiropractic profession.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940148740186
Publisher:	eBookIt.com
Publication date:	07/18/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	231
File size:	593 KB

About the Author

Christopher Kent is a chiropractor and attorney. He is president of the Foundation for Vertebral Subluxation, and CEO of On Purpose, LLC. His passion for facilitating human empowerment led him to the chiropractic profession, where he has served as a practitioner, educator, author, lecturer, and researcher. Dr. Kent graduated from Palmer College in Davenport, IA, in 1973.

Following graduation, Dr. Kent joined the Palmer faculty. While at Palmer, he was elected president of the faculty senate and worked as a principal investigator in the research department. After leaving Palmer, he entered full time practice, and qualified as a specialist in chiropractic diagnostic imaging. He was named a Fellow of the College of Chiropractic Imaging, and completed visiting fellowship programs in magnetic resonance imaging. Dr. Kent also served as an associate professor at Palmer-West in California. He is an active member of the State Bar of California and is admitted as an attorney of the U.S. District Court, Southern District of California.

Dr. Kent is known within the chiropractic profession for his dedication to defining the science, art, ethics and philosophy of chiropractic for students and doctors of chiropractic. He is the author of textbook chapters and articles in peer-reviewed and popular journals. He serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Pediatric, Maternal & Family Health and the Journal of Vertebral Subluxation Research.

International Chiropractors Association (ICA) “Chiropractic Researcher of the Year" in 1991 and selected ICA “Chiropractor of the Year" in 1998, he received the Larry Webster Lifetime Achievement Award for his work in pediatric chiropractic in 2000 and Life University’s first Lifetime Achievement Award in 2007. He is former chair of the United Nations NGO Health Committee, the first chiropractor elected to that office.