A survey of selected physician views on acupuncture in pain management

Pain Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 530-534

  Chen, Lucy ^a   Houghton, Mary ^a   Seefeld, Lindsey ^a   Malarick, Charlene ^a   Mao, Jianren ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Alternative Medicine; Pain Management; Pain Medicine; Survey

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME; E-MAIL; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

EID: 77952825111     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2010.00815.x     Document Type: Article

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