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Latest Acupuncture Research
In the September 2024 Issue of AAC’s The Clinician, we presented a Research Round-up drawing on three recently published papers relating to the Implementation of acupuncture services in mainstream healthcare. As promised, here is a reminder of the three articles. A swift “gannet-read” of one of these could enhance a lunch break in clinic – dive in with an idea of what you’d like to get out of it, limit the time you spend and stay critical as you read! See you at the conference in November 🙂
Dr Lara McClure on behalf of Evidence Based Acupuncture
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Acupuncture Research Papers:
Koppelman, M.H. 2024. Acupuncture: Effective and Recommended but More Implementation Needed. Chinese Medicine and Culture 7:1.
Graca, S., Huemer, M., De Valois, B., Vang, B. and McClure, L. 2024. “Are we there yet?” – Green shoots of progress in acupuncture implementation in healthcare. European Journal of Integrative Medicine 69.
De Valois, B., Young, T., Zollman, C., Appleyard, I., Ben-Arye, E., Cummings, M., Green, R., Hoffman, C., Lacey, J., Moir, F., Peckham, R., Stringer, J., Veleber, S., Weitzman, M. and Wode, K. 2024. Acupuncture in cancer care: recommendations for safe practice (peer-reviewed expert opinion). Supportive Care in Cancer 32:229.
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