Acupuncture
Subtitle: efficacy, safety, and practice
By: Board of Science and Education, British Medical Association.
Contributors: British Medical Association. Board of Science and Education.
Publisher: Harwood
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Amsterdam
Language: eng
Number of pages: 131
Subjects: Acupuncture; Acupuncture
Description: At the 1998 Annual Representative Meeting of the BMA a resolution was passed that the Board of Science and Education should ""investigate the scientific basis and efficacy of acupuncture and the quality of training and standards of competence in its practitioners''. This report summarizes literature sources and research on acupuncture, looks at safety aspects including the treatment's adverse effects, discusses education and training guidelines, presents results from a survey of UK GPs and suggests future developments for acupuncture, particularly its increased incorporation into the NHS. It.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 113-122) and index.
Table of contents: title: 1.; title: Introduction -- -- 2.; title: The evidence base of acupuncture -- -- 3.; title: Safety: a review of adverse reactions to acupuncture -- -- 4.; title: Education and training -- -- 5.; title: Acupuncture in primary care -- -- 6.; title: Future developments -- -- App. III.; title: Current position of acupuncture in the UK.