Effectiveness guidance document (EGD) for acupuncture research - a consensus document for conducting trials

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Witt, Claudia M ^a,b   Aickin, Mikel ^c   Baca, Trini ^d   Cherkin, Dan ^e   Haan, Mary N ^f   Hammerschlag, Richard ^g   Hao, Jason J ^h   Kaplan, George A ⁱ   Lao, Lixing ^b   McKay, Terri ^d   Pierce, Beverly ^j   Riley, David ^k   Ritenbaugh, Cheryl ^c   Thorpe, Kevin ^l   Tunis, Sean ^m   Weissberg, Jed ⁿ   Berman, Brian M ^b   Brinkhaus, Benno ^d   Cardini, Francesco ^d   Lewith, George ^d   Linde, Klaus ^d   MacPherson, Hugh ^d   Nahin, Richard L ^d   chnyer, Rosa S ^d   Turkelson, Charles ^d   more..

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d Patient stakeholder ^*

^e CENTER FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g OREGON COLLEGE OF ORIENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^h Southwest Acupuncture College   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^j Institute for Integrative Health   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^m Center for Medical Technology Policy   (United States)

ⁿ Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and Hospitals   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Comparative effectiveness research; Effectiveness guidance document

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL STUDY; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DECISION MAKING; EFFECTIVENESS GUIDANCE DOCUMENT; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLICATION; STUDY DESIGN;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH; CONSENSUS; DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84865795782     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-12-148     Document Type: Letter

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