Osteopathic Family Physician
Volume 2, Issue 3 , Pages 72-76, May 2010

Commentary on the globalization of osteopathic medicine

  • Yasmin Qureshi, MHS(osteo), DPT
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  • Andrew M. Kusienski, DO

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Andrew M. Kusienski, College of Osteopathic Medicine, Nova Southeastern University, 3200 S. University Drive, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33328-2018

College of Osteopathic Medicine, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Osteopathic medicine has taken a different direction internationally than it has in just the United States. A. T. Still's initial practice of osteopathy was predominantly manually based, because he believed the use of medications by the orthodox medical profession at that time was often more detrimental than helpful to patients. He did not quite envision the challenges that osteopathic medicine would face and how it would thereafter evolve in the United States.

Keywords: Globalization, Osteopathic medicine

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PII: S1877-573X(09)00038-0

doi:10.1016/j.osfp.2009.07.002

Osteopathic Family Physician
Volume 2, Issue 3 , Pages 72-76, May 2010

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