Subfile:
Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Format (FM):
Policy/Guidelines (50).
Language(s) (LG):
English.
Year Published (YR):
2001.
Audience code (AC):
Health Professionals (100). Alternative Therapists (180). Health Service Providers (500).
Corporate Author (CN):
World Health Organization.
Source (SO):
Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization. 2001. 31 p.
Availability (AV):
World Health Organization Headquarters. Avenue Appia 20, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland. Telephone: (+00 41 22) 791 21 11; Fax: (+00 41 22) 791 3111; E-mail: publications@who.int.
PRICE: Free.
Abstract (AB):
This World Health Organization (WHO) document provides guidelines on basic training and safety in acupuncture. The basic training guidelines cover basic requirements for training non-physician acupuncturists and physicians wishing to use acupuncture in their clinical work, and include a core syllabus. They are intended to assist national health authorities in setting standards and establishing official examinations, and also medical schools and institutions wishing to arrange training programs. The safety guidelines are meant for hospitals, clinics, and practitioners; and provide standards for safety in the clinical practice of acupuncture. Their purpose is to minimize the risk of infection and accidents, to alert acupuncturists to contraindications, and to advise on the management of complications occurring during treatment. 1 appendix. 1 annex.
Major Descriptors (MJ):
Acupuncture. Guidelines. Training. Traditional Chinese Medicine.
Minor Descriptors (MN):
Safety; Contraindications.
Verification/Update Date (VE):
200207.
Notes (NT):
Copyright: No. .
Accession Number (AN):
AMDC03341.
URL (LK):
http://www.who.int/medicines/library/trm/acupuncture/who-edm-trm-99-1/who-edm-trm-99-01.pdf
