Professional Information

The professional information page aims to provide acupuncturists with reliable information and links compiled by our academic support team. In doing so we hope to contribute to the development of knowledge in the field of acupuncture and related subjects.

World Health Organization (WHO) (http://www.who.int/health_topics/acupuncture/en/)

FACT SHEETS: Traditional Medicine (http://www.who.int/inf-fs/en/fact134.html)

WHO Policy Perspectives on Medicines, No.2, May 2002: Traditional Medicine -- Growing needs and potential (http://www.who.int/medicines/library/trm/trm_polpers_eng.pdf)

WHO Traditional Medicine Strategy 2002-2005 (http://www.who.int/medicines/library/trm/trm_strat_eng.pdf)

Acupuncture: Review and analysis of reports on controlled clinical trials (ISBN 92 4 154543 7), 2002 (http://www.who.int/medicines/library/trm/acupuncture/acupuncture_trials.pdf)

Guidelines on basic training and safety in acupuncture, WHO/EDM/TRM/99.1, WHO Geneva, 1999 (http://www.who.int/medicines/library/trm/acupuncture/who-edm-trm-99-1/who-edm-trm-99-1.pdf)

Guidelines for Clinical Research on Acupuncture (ISBN 92 9061 1146), WHO Regional Publications, Western Pacific Series No. 15, WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific, Manila, 1995 (7.50 Swiss Francs) , (http://www.who.int/medicines/library/trm/acupuncture/acupguidelines.shtml)

Report of the Working Group on Auricular Acupuncture Nomenclature, Lyon, France, 28-30 November 1990 (WHO/TRM/91.2, WHO Geneva, 1991) (http://whqlibdoc.who.int/hq/1991/WHO_TRM_91.2.pdf)

Standard Acupuncture Nomenclature, WHO Regional Publications, Western Pacific Series No. 1, WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific, Manila, 1984 (9 Swiss Francs) (http://www.who.int/medicines/library/trm/acupuncture/acupnomenclsecond.shtml)

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