Joseph C. Keating Jr.

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Joseph C. Keating Jr. (1950–2007) was trained as a clinical psychologist who spent the majority of his life teaching and researching the chiropractic profession. He is best known for his published works as a historian of chiropractic.[1]

Early life

Keating was born and raised in the

Lake Peekskill area near the Putnam / Westchester County, New York
border.

Education and practice

Keating was trained in clinical psychology and clinical research methods at the

clinical psychologist
in California for 16 years.

In 1981 he began a career as a clinical researcher, faculty member, administrator and historian at several institutions, including the University of the Pacific (Department of Psychology, Behavioral Medicine Program),

Western States Chiropractic College
.

He was Professor at

Los Angeles College of Chiropractic
(1994-2000), where he taught Clinical Research Methods, History of Chiropractic and Philosophy & Reasoning.

From 1988, he was a member of the board of directors of the National Institute of Chiropractic Research (NICR) and served on the editorial board of several peer-reviewed, scholarly periodicals, including Clinical Chiropractic, the Chiropractic Journal of Australia, Journal of the Canadian Chiropractic Association and the Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics.

Keating was a former president (1994–95) of the Association for the History of Chiropractic (AHC) and served on the board of directors. He was also a Homewood Professor of the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College during 1999-2002. He authored several hundred professional papers and several books.

Keating was an early advocate of developing the research approach to replace the "chiropractic works"

chiropractic colleges
.

Works

  • A History of Los Angeles College of Chiropractic;
  • B.J. of Davenport: The early years of chiropractic. Davenport, IA: Association for the History of Chiropractic; 1997.
  • A History of Chiropractic Education in North America (also published by AHC)
  • Toward a philosophy of the science of chiropractic: A primer for clinicians. Stockton: Stockton Foundation for Chiropractic Research; 1992.
  • We Take Care of Our Own: NCMIC & the Story of Malpractice Insurance in Chiropractic

References

  1. ^ "The Chiropractic Resource Organization". Retrieved 2008-06-18.
  2. ^ Keating, Bergmann, "It Works, It Works, It Works!" Dynamic Chiropractic, September 25, 1992, Volume 10, Issue 20
  3. ISBN 978-0-7487-3314-9
    .

External links
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