Understanding Acupuncture
Published on 7. July 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
340 pages
978-0-443-06179-0 (ISBN)
Description
Understanding Acupuncture offers a fully developed analysis of the practice of acupuncture and its theoretical bases. With clarity and insight, the book addresses:
What is acupuncture, in all its diverse forms of practice?
What are the key concepts, which underpin current practice?
Exactly which historical and cultural factors have shaped the present and past development of acupuncture?
What is the reliable evidence on acupuncture, and what scientific studies have yet to be done?
When is acupuncture a realistic form of treatment?
Built on a thorough review of historical and scientific material, Understanding Acupuncture offers analysis, examples, cases and issues for discussion, forming a unique bridge between science and tradition.Suitable for both the acupuncture student and practitioner and also the medical reader
Provides the acupuncture student with the historical and theoretical basis of their profession
Includes what is reliably known about acupuncture
Describes the breadth of practice approaches in the profession
Provides the medical reader with enough information to know when to choose acupuncture as a referral option and what to tell their patients about it
What is acupuncture, in all its diverse forms of practice?
What are the key concepts, which underpin current practice?
Exactly which historical and cultural factors have shaped the present and past development of acupuncture?
What is the reliable evidence on acupuncture, and what scientific studies have yet to be done?
When is acupuncture a realistic form of treatment?
Built on a thorough review of historical and scientific material, Understanding Acupuncture offers analysis, examples, cases and issues for discussion, forming a unique bridge between science and tradition.Suitable for both the acupuncture student and practitioner and also the medical reader
Provides the acupuncture student with the historical and theoretical basis of their profession
Includes what is reliably known about acupuncture
Describes the breadth of practice approaches in the profession
Provides the medical reader with enough information to know when to choose acupuncture as a referral option and what to tell their patients about it
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Elsevier Health Sciences
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Acupuncture Students, Acupuncture practitioners, primary care doctors
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
70 ills.; Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 245 mm
Width: 189 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
767 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-443-06179-0 (9780443061790)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Content
SECTION 1: What is Acupuncture? History. The Acculturation and Re-Acculturation of Acupuncture. The Theoretical Bases of Acupuncture. How Does Acupuncture Work? SECTION 2: How is Acupuncture Practiced? When Do You Choose Acupuncture?. Diagnosis. Treatments. SECTION 3: Conclusions and Appendices.