Book excerpt: DANGER SIGNS! The Contraindications and Proper Applications of Spinal Manipulation is a medical text to be used by Chiropractors and other practitioners of spinal and pelvic manipulation with special attention to malpractice attorneys. The beginning chapters discuss the proper standard of chiropractic care with special consideration for the providers of medical manipulation to perform differential diagnosis procedures to rule out if the patient is not a candidate for spinal or pelvic manipulation. The Danger Signs of when not to render medical manipulation are discussed. The final chapters are actual court cases that Dr., Andrew M. Rodgers was the opining expert witness in and other types of cases. These are the repercussions of not following the correct standard of care and ruling out which patients are candidates for medical manipulative services. This book is a great guide for medical providers, attorneys and student of both fields.