Use of Acupuncture for Chronic Pain: Optimizing Clinical Practice

Holistic Nursing Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 217-221

  Eshkevari, Ladan ^a   Heath, Janie ^b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Pain management; Traditional Chinese medicine

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HOLISTIC NURSING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; PAIN; REVIEW; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCES, NIH; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HOLISTIC NURSING; HUMANS; NURSE'S ROLE; PAIN; RESEARCH DESIGN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33644676478     PISSN: 08879311     EISSN: 15505138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004650-200509000-00008     Document Type: Article

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