Analysis of the procedures for providing medical care in the field of manual medicine

Abstract

The article presents a conceptual and legal analysis of the procedures for providing medical care in the field of osteopathy and manual therapy. A list of provisions of regulatory documents that require clarification and harmonization with the existing orders has been defined. The risks and legal consequences of the accumulated practice of the enforcement of the procedures in their current version are outlined. A significant identity of indications, manual techniques, manipulations and techniques of osteopathy and manual therapy is shown in the historical aspect. The need to develop end-to-end programs of post-graduate professional education for specialists in the field of osteopathy, manual therapy and medical massage has been substantiated.