Acupuncture in the management of chronic pain.
This article reports the results of a survey of acupuncture practice in chronic pain clinics in the United Kingdom. The survey reveals that acupuncture is widely used in the treatment of chronic pain with 84% of those responding stating that is was available at their clinics. The majority of practitioners had attended a course at one of the 'acupuncture schools' but in about one fifth of the clinics the practitioner had not received any formal training.
Woollam
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Norfolk Hospital Health Care NHS Trust, Norwich, UK.
Jackson
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D015667:Acupuncture Analgesia / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D000529:Complementary Therapies / Q000193:education; D004496:Education, Continuing; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006801:Humans; D018710:Pain Clinics; D059408:Pain Management; D006113:United Kingdom; D000078329:Workforce