Patient reports of adverse events associated with acupuncture treatment: A prospective national survey

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 349-355

  MacPherson, H ^a,b   Scullion, A ^b   Thomas, K J ^c   Walters, S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b Found for Traditional Chinese Med   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIMIGRAINE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROCORTISONE; LAXATIVE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PREDNISOLONE; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT; THYROXINE;

ACNE; ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; AGITATION; ALOPECIA; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BREAST CANCER; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIARRHEA; DISORIENTATION; DIZZINESS; DROWSINESS; EXHAUSTION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEADACHE; HEALTH SURVEY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; JAW DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MENTAL DISEASE; MIGRAINE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NAUSEA; NIGHTMARE; PAIN; PANIC; PARESTHESIA; PRESCRIPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RASH; SAFETY; SEIZURE; SKIN INFECTION; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SYNCOPE; UNITED KINGDOM; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VERTIGO; VOMITING; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; DRUG THERAPY; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SAFETY; SELF DISCLOSURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 6344235284     PISSN: 14753898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.2003.009134     Document Type: Article

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