1. World Health Organization. Revised Draft: WHO Guidelines on basic training and safety in osteopathy (Stand: Januar 2007), unveröffentlicht: „Osteopathic physician: Is a person with full scope of medical practice rights and who has achieved the nationally recognized academic and professional standards within his or her country to practice acute, chronic and preventative healthcare using diagnose and treatment which is based upon the principles of osteopathic philosophy. Individual countries establish the national academic and professional standards for osteopathic physicians practicing within their countries.” … „Osteopath: A person who has achieved the nationally recognized academic and professional standards within her or his country to independently practice acute, chronic and preventative healthcare using diagnosis and treatment which is based upon the principles of osteopathic philosophy. Individual countries establish the national academic and professional standards for osteopaths practicing within their countries.”
2. WOHO. What is osteopathy? www.woho.org/index.php?option= com_content&task=view&id=5&Itemid=31, letzter Zugriff, 18. 6. 2008: „Osteopathy is an established recognized system of healthcare which relies on manual contact for diagnosis and treatment. It respects the relationship of body, mind and spirit in health and disease; it lays emphasis on the structural and functional integrity of the body and the body's intrinsic tendency for self-healing. Osteopathic treatment is viewed as a facilitative influence to encourage this self regulatory process. Pain and disability experienced by patients are viewed as resulting from a reciprocal relationship between the musculoskeletal and visceral components of a disease or strain.”
3. EROP. Definition Osteopathische Medizin. www.erop.org/definition.shtml, letzter Zugriff, 18. 6. 2008: „[…] Osteopathische Medizin betont die wechselseitige Beziehung zwischen Struktur und Funktion. Sie unterstützt die Fähigkeit des Organismus, saluto-genetische Ressourcen zur Wiederherstellung und Erhaltung der Gesundheit einzusetzen. OM beinhaltet insbesondere eine umfassende manuelle Untersuchung, Diagnostik, Therapie und Prävention von Funktionsstörungen – somatischen Dysfunktionen – im muskulo-skelettalen System (parietal), den visceralen Organen (visceral) und dem peripheren und zentralen Nervensystem (cranio-sacral). Osteopathische Medizin ergänzt und erweitert das etablierte Medizinsystem im Kontext einer integrierten Patientenversorgung, die sowohl Evidenz basiert als auch Patienten zentriert arbeitet.”
4. Pauli Y. WHO keeps chiropractic, osteopathic guidelines separate. The Chiropracic Journal 2004, www.worldchiropracticalliance.org/tcj/2004/aug/h.html
5. Franke H. Geschichte der funktionellen Technik. In: Hover H, Bowles C, Johnston W (Hrsg.) Osteopathische Medizin 2006; 7: 4–12