To my knowledge no chiropractor has ever been held liable for not making a diagnosis when he informed the potential patient/practice member that he did not and would not perform that service. Many have been held responsible for making an incorrect one. It seems to me that the likelihood is greater if you try to perform that service and lessened if you do not.
I heard something at a seminar recently and would love to hear the NTOC view. “Chiropractors diagnose/treat Subluxations”. Having been raised by a TSC I do not use those words.
PS If your work was digitized on a CD I could look it up, just sayin’.
Full Definition of DIAGNOSIS
1
a : the art or act of identifying a disease from its signs and symptoms
b : the decision reached by diagnosis
2
: a concise technical description of a taxon
3
a : investigation or analysis of the cause or nature of a condition, situation, or problem
b : a statement or conclusion from such an analysis
In lieu of the term Diagnosis I have heard some authorities willing to accept something called a “Clinical Impression”. This term is one to be used in the absence of a clear diagnosis, a working diagnosis or clinical impression must be determined. The term “clear” and the clarity of what this term actually means seem to be an issue though.
I’m curious, does the OP also apply to what seem to be variants of the terms Diagnosis as well?
Vol 27.
“DIAGNOSIS”:—In general, a scientific determination or
discrimination, used in botany for the determination of plants for
classification, in medicine, for the determination of disease by their
symptoms. This discrimination OF A DISEASE embraces its points of distinction from other diseases, its symptoms, their relation to one
another, and to the state of the different organs and functions of the
body.
We prefer another term—analysis. Analysis goes to taproot of QUANTITY.
“ANALYSIS: A RESOLUTION OF ANYTHING, whether an object of the
senses or of the intellect, INTO CONSTITUENT PARTS OR ELEMENTS; an
examination of component parts, SEPARATELY OR IN THEIR RELATION TO
THE WHOLE, as the words which compose a sentence, the tones of a tune, or the
simple propositions which enter into an argument.”