Dr. Ima Pain seeks regular chiropractic adjustments but ridicules the Meric chart. Which of the following is true regarding Dr. Paine?

Dr. Ima Pain seeks regular chiropractic adjustments but ridicules the Meric chart. Which of the following is true regarding Dr. Paine?

• A. she accepts the principles but rejects the paradigm
• B. she accepts both the paradigm and the principles
• C. she rejects the principles but accepts the paradigm
• D. she rejects both the paradigm and the principle

Answer: (C)

In chiropractic practice, a distinction is made between a paradigm—the overall model or approach to care—and the principles—the specific ideas or guidelines that support that approach. If a clinician seeks regular adjustments, they are adopting the paradigm of ongoing chiropractic care. If they ridiculed the Meric chart, they’re challenging one set of principles or claims that the chart represents, not the general practice itself. So they can still operate within the chiropractic care framework (the paradigm) while not agreeing with the particular chart’s principles. That’s why the correct interpretation is that she accepts the paradigm but rejects the principles.

In chiropractic practice, a distinction is made between a paradigm—the overall model or approach to care—and the principles—the specific ideas or guidelines that support that approach. If a clinician seeks regular adjustments, they are adopting the paradigm of ongoing chiropractic care. If they ridiculed the Meric chart, they’re challenging one set of principles or claims that the chart represents, not the general practice itself. So they can still operate within the chiropractic care framework (the paradigm) while not agreeing with the particular chart’s principles. That’s why the correct interpretation is that she accepts the paradigm but rejects the principles.