Yvonne Villanueva-Russell

Texas A&M University-Commerce · College of Innovation and Design

In this paper the discourse over identity and cultural authority within the profession of chiropractic in the United States has been analyzed using critical discourse analysis. As the profession struggles to construct one singular image, versions of self must be internally debated and also shaped in consideration of larger, external forces. The dil...

This research provides empirical support for an existing processual model, documenting the social context, development, and growth of a moral panic surrounding stroke risk from chiropractic neck manipulation. This case highlights the importance of both published and unpublished news stories regarding the nature of claims that evolve over time and i...

An ideal type distinction between professional and entrepreneurial orientations is presented, using the founding Palmer family and their Palmer School of Chiropractic to illustrate how ‘entrepreneurial’ means were used to pursue ‘professional’ ends. Although chiropractic desired the professional goals of autonomy, authority, social distinction, tru...

Evidence-based medicine (EBM) has grown in popularity and prominence in the world of orthodox medicine since the 1980s. The focus of this article is on the process of developing practice guidelines (one type of EBM) and its effects upon chiropractic, a profession with a "philosophy, science and art" that is constructed upon divergent epistemologica...

Abstract. Vita. Thesis (Ph.D.)-- University of Missouri-Columbia, 2002. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 283-312). Photocopy.