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Elsevier Health Sciences Understanding Acupuncture 1e by Stephen J. Birch Robert L. Felt
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 readerProvides the acupuncture student with the historical and theoretical basis of their professionIncludes what is reliably known about acupunctureDescribes the breadth of practice approaches in the professionProvides the medical reader with enough information to know when to choose acupuncture as a referral option and what to tell their patients about itshow more