Acupuncture and Pharmacotherapy: A Dual Approach to Spinal Injury Pain
Combining acupuncture and pharmacotherapy may be an effective option for relieving spinal cord injury (SCI)-induced neuropathic pain. Read the article in the Clinical Pain Advisor here: http://bit.ly/1U1UMRZ
Nurses: Clinical Uses of Acupuncture
A review of an alternative medical treatment Advance Healthcare for Nurses: Complementary alternative medicine (CAM) and treatments have received much attention and acclaim in the past years. Many patients and practitioners turn to CAM as alternatives to avoid side...
Acupuncture: Ethics and the placebo effect
“In the ethical sense, medical professionals are caught between prescribing a treatment that they know is ineffective beyond a placebo effect, and helping their patients find relief from chronic pain. Although this is a contentious issue, it is clear that...
Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Professions or Modalities?
Policy Implications for Coverage, Licensure, Scope of Practice, Institutional Privileges, and Research This report examines a problem that confronts the complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) professions whereby a profession is defined politically not by its...