Silver Shawn A
Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine, East Lansing, MI, USA.
J Am Osteopath Assoc. 2012 Feb;112(2):93-7.
Osteopathic physicians were denied the same rights and privileges that were granted to allopathic physicians by the US government regarding voluntary and compulsory service in World War I and World War II. Even after changes to the examination process allowed osteopathic physicians to take the examinations required to obtain commission as a physician in the army, osteopathic physicians' service was still rejected. The US government's decision to ban DOs from serving in the war was a blessing in disguise that led to tremendous changes in osteopathic medicine, education, and public acceptance of osteopathic physicians. Using primary documents from military officials, congressional hearings, and archived publications of the American Osteopathic Association, the author recounts the battle osteopathic physicians fought to serve their country during war and the challenges they faced while obtaining both legal and social equality in the eyes of the government and the public.
在第一次世界大战和第二次世界大战期间，美国政府赋予了对抗疗法医生在志愿和义务服役方面的某些权利和特权，而整骨疗法医生却被剥夺了这些权利。即使后来考试程序有所改变，允许整骨疗法医生参加获取军队医生委任所需的考试，但他们的服役申请仍被拒绝。美国政府禁止整骨疗法医生参战的决定实际上是一件幸事，它促使整骨医学、教育以及公众对整骨疗法医生的接受度发生了巨大变化。作者利用来自军事官员的原始文件、国会听证会以及美国整骨疗法协会的存档出版物，讲述了整骨疗法医生在战争期间为报效国家而进行的斗争，以及他们在政府和公众眼中争取法律和社会平等时所面临的挑战。
