American acupuncture and efficacy: Meanings and their points of insertion

Medical Anthropology Quarterly

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 239-266

  Barnes, Linda L ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Complementary and alternative medicine; Efficacy; Religious healing; Traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; NOMENCLATURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELIGION; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

ACUPUNCTURE; HUMANS; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; TERMINOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 26444607885     PISSN: 07455194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/maq.2005.19.3.239     Document Type: Review

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