We are delighted to bring our readers a new column, "Communication Corner" that will be written by an esteemmed communicator, Abne M. Eisenberg, D.C., Ph.D. Dr. Eisenberg's column will appear in every third issue of "DC." Our readers will recall a three part series he wrote for us in the latter part of 1989 titled, "How Good a Listener Are You?"
Dr. Eisenberg has an interesting and varied educational background: He's a graduate of LACC and received his Ph.D. in healing arts from Sierra States University; he next attended Queens College (CUNY) and was awarded a B.A. in rhetoric and public address, and an M.A. in public and small group communication.
Abne Eisenberg is a prolific writer: He is the author of Living Communication; Understanding Communication in Business and the Professions; Job Talk; and Call of the Restless Mind. He has co-authored: Nonverbal Communication; Argument: An Alternative to Violence; Argument: A Guide to Formal and Informal Debate; and Painless Public Speaking. Dr. Eisenberg has also been extensively published in numerous journals.
Dr. Eisenberg has taught anatomy at Cleveland College of Chiropractic, and pathology at LACC. He was the chairman of the department of neurology at the Chiropractic Institute of New York; he taught communication at Queens College (CUNY); speech and theatre at Lehman College (CUNY); and literature and communications at Pace University.
We're looking forward to a long and rewarding relationship with Dr. Abne M. Eisenberg. We know you'll enjoy reading his contributions.
Many relevant diagnostic signs are not performed deliberately by the examiner or by the patient at the examiner’s direction. They are observed as the patient reacts to their condition. Fortin’s finger sign, Minor’s sign, and Vanzetti’s sign are three examples of this principle.
Spearheaded by burgeoning scientific and clinical research literature, psychedelics have reached a level of media coverage and popular interest that has not been seen for over half a century. By “psychedelics,” we are referring to the unique class of substances that includes psilocybin (the active compound found in so-called “magic mushrooms”), LSD, dimethyltryptamine (DMT), ayahuasca, 5-MeO-DMT, and mescaline – each of which occurs in the natural world (except for LSD, which is a semi-synthetic compound).
While working at the Lovelace Medical Center in Albuquerque, N.M., one of the primary care physicians stated that imaging every patient prior to receiving chiropractic was not medically necessary. It was at that point I reconsidered the need for the imaging of every patient to avoid malpractice.
