PATIENT REFERRAL AND THE PHYSIOTHERAPIST1 1Received April, 1976.

In a radio interview earlier this year a chiropractor was asked:“What do you see as the role of physiotherapists?” His answer was interesting.“The physiotherapist is basically a second string practitioner. He is not a first contact practitioner; he doesn't directly contact the patient; he must go through the medical profession; and we feel that the physiotherapist could be used in a similar fashion by the chiropractor to provide massage and passive mobilization for the patient.”2 2Malcolm Rutledge (Secretary of the Australian Chiropractors' Association, Queensland) in an A.B.C. radio interview with Stewart Parry, 4QR, 3-3-76