title: Chiropractic practice in the Danish public health care sector: a reflection and clarification of context, terms of usage, and selected design considerations for a planned qualitative investigation.
abstract: This commentary offers preliminary considerations around a phenomenological investigation of chiropractic services in a Danish public sector setting. In this narrative description, the main venue for chiropractic public (secondary) sector practice in the Danish context is briefly described and defined. Furthermore, a contextually relevant definition of an integral health care service is presented; and the professional importance for chiropractic in providing such services is also discussed. Finally, salient questions requiring empirical investigation in this context are posed; and selected issues around a qualitative research design approach are considered.
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor, Institute of Clinical Biomechanics, University of Southern Denmark, 5230 Odense M, Denmark.
authors.forename: Corrie
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Myburgh
mesh_terms: D002684:Chiropractic / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006296:Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011634:Public Health; D017150:Public Sector; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014481:United States