In Response: to Gorman

This letter raises several interesting points. “Practitioners of orthodox medicine rarely, if ever, seek informed consent…” If this is true, these practitioners are breaking the rules and should be held accountable for it. To say “they” do not behave ethically so we do not need to either is hardly a reasonable approach.

“The recovery of vision is an acknowledged effect of spinal manipulation…” I would like to see the evidence from conclusive randomized controlled trials for this acknowledged effect. One uncontrolled study of 12 patients is clearly not sufficient. Once the evidence is available, I would include it in any meta-analysis of the subject.