The untold story of acupuncture

Focus on Alternative and Complementary Therapies

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 276-286

  Kavoussi, Ben ^a  

^a Army Medical Department Center and School   (United States)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Bloodletting; Chinese medicine; Consumerism; Medical astrology; Meridians; New age medicine; Orientalism

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; CAREGIVER; CHINA; CHINESE MEDICINE; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; NURSE; PHILOSOPHY; PHYSICIAN; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; REVIEW; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE;

EID: 72149102109     PISSN: 14653753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1211/fact.14.4.0004     Document Type: Review

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