York Clinic
Book Launch
Date: 31st October 2007
Acupuncture Research
A new book on acupuncture research edited by Clinic Director and acupuncturist Hugh MacPherson was launched in Baltimore, USA in October 2007. This book has the title, "Acupuncture Research, Strategies for Establishing an Evidence Base", and the publisher is Elsevier. To read independent reviews in Acupuncture in Medicine click here, and Journal of Chinese Medicine click here. To view more details of the book, or to purchase, click here.
Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction: acupuncture and the emerging evidence mosaic.
Hugh MacPherson, Kate Thomas
Chapter 2 Acupuncture research: the story so far.
Stephen Birch, George Lewith
Chapter 3 Patient patterns of use and experience of acupuncture.
Claire M. Cassidy, Kate Thomas
Chapter 4 The safety of acupuncture,
Hugh MacPherson, Adrian White, Alan Bensoussan
Chapter 5 Measuring patient-centred outcomes.
Charlotte Paterson, Rosa N. Schnyer
Chapter 6 Exploring treatment effects: studies without control groups.
Adrian White, Peter Wayne, Hugh MacPherson
Chapter 7 Comparing treatment effects of acupuncture and other types of healthcare.
Karen Sherman, Klaus Linde, Adrian White
Chapter 8 Investigating the components of acupuncture treatment.
Peter White, Klaus Linde, Rosa N. Schnyer
Chapter 9 Acupuncture practice as the foundation for clinical evaluation.
Rosa N. Schnyer, Stephen Birch, Hugh MacPherson
Chapter 10 Physiological dynamics of acupuncture: correlations and mechanisms.
Richard Hammerschlag, Hélène M. Langevin, Lixing Lao, George Lewith
Chapter 11 Evidence overviews: the role of systematic reviews and meta-analyses.
Klaus Linde, Richard Hammerschlag, Lixing Lao
Chapter 12 Engaging acupuncturists in research —some practical guidelines.
Peter Wayne, Karen Sherman, Mark Bovey
Chapter 13 Future strategies for acupuncture research.
George Lewith