Acupuncture

Encyclopedia of Medicine, Apr 06, 2001 by Kathleen Dredge Wright

One of the advantages of acupuncture is that the incidence of negative side effects is lower than that of many drugs or other accepted medical procedures that can be used as treatment for the same conditions.

• Books
• The Burton Goldberg Group. Alternative Medicine: The Definitive Guide. Fife, WA: Future Medicine Publishing, 1995.
• DeLisa, Joel A. and Bruce M. Gans. Rehabilitation Medicine: Principles and Practice. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1993.
• Fugh-Berman, A. Alternative Medicine: What Works. Tucson: Odonian Press, 1996.
• Gordon, J. S. Manifesto for a New Medicine: Your Guide to Healing Partnerships and the Wise Use of Alternative Therapies. Reading, Mass: Addison - Wesley, 1996.
• Gottlieb, Bill. New Choices in Natural Healing. Emmaus, Pennsylvania: Rodale Press, Inc., 1995.
• Weatherall, D. J., et. al. Oxford Textbook of Medicine. New York: Oxford University Press, 1987. Organizations
• American Holistic Medical Association. 2727 Fairview Avenue East, Seattle, WA 98102.
• Health Action Network Society. 202-5262 Rumble Street, Burnaby, B. C., Canada V53256. (604)435-0512.
• National Commission for the Certification of Acupuncturists. 1424 16th Street NW, Suite 601, Washington, DC 20036. (202) 232-1404.
• NW Institute of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine. 1307 N. 13th Street, Suite 300, Seattle, WA 98103. (206)633-2419. Other
• Complementary and Alternative Medicine at the National Institutes of Health. "Acupuncture Effective for Certain Medical Conditions, Panel Says." January, 1998. http://altmed.od.nih.gov/oam/cam/1998/jan/full.html