Is there a place for auricular therapy in the realm of nursing?

Complementary Therapies in Nursing and Midwifery

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 132-139

  Suen, Lorna K P ^a   Wong, Thomas K S ^a   Leung, Albert W N ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; INSTRUMENTATION; MAGNETISM; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; PLANT SEED; PRESSURE;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ACUPUNCTURE, EAR; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; PRESSURE; SEEDS; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS;

EID: 0035429693     PISSN: 13536117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/ctnm.2001.0565     Document Type: Article

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