This course presents the student with a clinical and philosophical foundation by exploring the current hypotheses and theories of chiropractic. In addition, the basis of chiropractic health care, the causes and effects of the vertebral subluxation complex, and the mechanism of visceral and somatic symptoms and dysfunctions related to subluxation are all explored. The physiological, anatomical, neurological, and clinical basis of chiropractic are also reviewed. This course presents perspectives relative to the cultural transition from modernity to postmodernity challenging traditional health care in the new millenium.