title: [Characteristics of the guidelines of acupuncture clinical practices].
abstract: Based on the optimum clinical evidence, consulting the international guide, the outstanding guidelines of acupuncture clinical practices is formulated in order to promote the process of acupuncture modernization and internationalization. According to consensus of experts, using the questionnaire method, integrating the characteristics and requirements for acupuncture clinical practices, the guidelines reflect the characteristics of acupuncture, for instance, applicability, inheritance, holism, and the discipline characteristics. Thus, the guidelines will standardize the treatments in acupuncture clinical practices, strengthen medical service quality management, control medical costs, and promote the process of acupuncture modernization and internationalization.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Xiyuan Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China.
authors.forename: Ming-Jie
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Zi
authors.forename: Xi
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Bao-Yan
authors.initials: BY
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Zhi-Shun
authors.initials: ZS
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Ji-Ping
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Fan-Rong
authors.initials: FR
authors.lastname: Liang
mesh_terms: D015670:Acupuncture Therapy / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000592:standards