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Recognizing Hong Kong Chiropractors’ Sick Leave Authority: Valuing a Conservative Approach to Workers’ Compensation

Although registered under Hong Kong's legislative framework, chiropractors are not able to certify sick leave, restricting the effectiveness of their services for patients with musculoskeletal issues requiring time away from work. This paper explores the evolution of chiropractic regulation in...

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Autores principales: Lin, Andy Fu Chieh, Chu, Eric Chun-Pu, Chu, Valerie K, Chan, Vincent, Leung, Albert C, Lau, Rick P, Lam, Kary K, Yeung, Jacky C, Leung, Kingsley, Ng, Lucina
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10060046/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37009394
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.36879
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author Lin, Andy Fu Chieh
Chu, Eric Chun-Pu
Chu, Valerie K
Chan, Vincent
Leung, Albert C
Lau, Rick P
Lam, Kary K
Yeung, Jacky C
Leung, Kingsley
Ng, Lucina
author_facet Lin, Andy Fu Chieh
Chu, Eric Chun-Pu
Chu, Valerie K
Chan, Vincent
Leung, Albert C
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Yeung, Jacky C
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description Although registered under Hong Kong's legislative framework, chiropractors are not able to certify sick leave, restricting the effectiveness of their services for patients with musculoskeletal issues requiring time away from work. This paper explores the evolution of chiropractic regulation in Hong Kong, the growth of the profession, and the tardy recognition of chiropractors' power to issue sick leave certificates. The chiropractic profession and its patients have long lobbied for this authority, but the government has been slow to respond. This document presents a comprehensive analysis of the benefits and restrictions of allowing chiropractors prescriptive authority for sick leave and requests that this change in policy be considered. Developing responsible criteria for chiropractors to prescribe sick leave within their scope of practice could legitimize chiropractic's position in the population's health and interdisciplinary pain care while lowering the burden on injured workers.
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spelling pubmed-100600462023-03-30 Recognizing Hong Kong Chiropractors’ Sick Leave Authority: Valuing a Conservative Approach to Workers’ Compensation Lin, Andy Fu Chieh Chu, Eric Chun-Pu Chu, Valerie K Chan, Vincent Leung, Albert C Lau, Rick P Lam, Kary K Yeung, Jacky C Leung, Kingsley Ng, Lucina Cureus Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Although registered under Hong Kong's legislative framework, chiropractors are not able to certify sick leave, restricting the effectiveness of their services for patients with musculoskeletal issues requiring time away from work. This paper explores the evolution of chiropractic regulation in Hong Kong, the growth of the profession, and the tardy recognition of chiropractors' power to issue sick leave certificates. The chiropractic profession and its patients have long lobbied for this authority, but the government has been slow to respond. This document presents a comprehensive analysis of the benefits and restrictions of allowing chiropractors prescriptive authority for sick leave and requests that this change in policy be considered. Developing responsible criteria for chiropractors to prescribe sick leave within their scope of practice could legitimize chiropractic's position in the population's health and interdisciplinary pain care while lowering the burden on injured workers. Cureus 2023-03-29 /pmc/articles/PMC10060046/ /pubmed/37009394 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.36879 Text en Copyright © 2023, Lin et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Lin, Andy Fu Chieh
Chu, Eric Chun-Pu
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Leung, Albert C
Lau, Rick P
Lam, Kary K
Yeung, Jacky C
Leung, Kingsley
Ng, Lucina
Recognizing Hong Kong Chiropractors’ Sick Leave Authority: Valuing a Conservative Approach to Workers’ Compensation
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title_full Recognizing Hong Kong Chiropractors’ Sick Leave Authority: Valuing a Conservative Approach to Workers’ Compensation
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title_full_unstemmed Recognizing Hong Kong Chiropractors’ Sick Leave Authority: Valuing a Conservative Approach to Workers’ Compensation
title_short Recognizing Hong Kong Chiropractors’ Sick Leave Authority: Valuing a Conservative Approach to Workers’ Compensation
title_sort recognizing hong kong chiropractors’ sick leave authority: valuing a conservative approach to workers’ compensation
topic Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10060046/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37009394
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.36879
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