Conflicts of Philosophies. This 2013 text, written by Dr. Joe Strauss, reaches beyond chiropractic to all areas of life. He brings his reader to recognize, examine, and understand his or her over-arching world and life view, draw conclusions, and apply them consistently and appropriately to all issues of life, including health and disease. Each issue of life must be examined through the lens of one’s own world and life view. Consistency is the goal. Dr. Strauss is most anxious that his readers understand that there are two major, opposing world and life views that color all that they do and that they understand the differences.
Chapters include:
Worlds in Collision
Changing Habits
Changing Behavior vs. Changing Your World and Life Viewpoint
The Health Field
Economic Considerations in Health Care
Characteristics of the Above-Down
Inside-Out Approach to Health
Contrasts in Health Care
Vitalism vs. Mechanism
History of the Conflict
Therapeutic vs. Non-Therapeutic Approaches and Causes of Disease
Positive Influencing Factors, Science is Mechanistic
Individual Worth or Collective Society
Conflict of Philosophies within Chiropractic
Where are We in Chiropractic?
The Established Institutions of Authority
The Future of Chiropractic
The Role of Government
Conservatism and Liberalism
The Environment and Environmentalism
Charity