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.
Norfolk Hospital Health Care NHS Trust, Norwich, UK.
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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