BMAS policy statements in some controversial areas of acupuncture practice

Acupuncture in Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 134-136

  Cummings, Mike ^a   Reid, Frankie ^a  

^a BMAS ^*

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Policy statements; Practice

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; BLEEDING TENDENCY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INDWELLING NEEDLE; INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL STAFF; NEEDLE; PHYSICIAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TEACHING; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 10944247846     PISSN: 09645284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/aim.22.3.134     Document Type: Review

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