Beyond needling - Therapeutic processes in acupuncture care: A qualitative study nested within a low-back pain trial

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 873-880

  MacPherson, Hugh ^a,b   Thorpe, Lucy ^c   Thomas, Kate ^c  

^a Foundation for Traditional Chinese Medicine   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONVALESCENCE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LOW BACK PAIN; NEEDLE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACUPUNCTURE; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; NARRATION; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33751112468     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2006.12.873     Document Type: Article

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