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The Hospital Practice of Acupuncture in the NHS

The Hospital Practice of Acupuncture in the NHS The hospital practice ofAcupuncture intlieNHS patients unfit for general anaes­ In December 1977, I set up an Dr. K.Glennie-Smith thesia experimental medical acupuncture FFARCS clinic at Poole General Hospital. Summary of paper presented in • treatment of withdrawal symp­ The aim of the project, carried out toms in drug addicts Shanghai, April 1982 in my own time, was to assess: • group therapy trial for nicotine 1. the value of using a simple stimu­ medically registered personnel, addiction, using staff from the lation therapy without drugs in without the risks and expense asso­ operating department comparison with standard tech­ ciated with unqualified practi­ niques • continuing research into the use tioners. 2. the conditions which respond of acupuncture for functional dis­ In September, my involvement best to needle stimulation in orders and pain-free conditions with the medical acupuncture clinic order to encourage referral of such as asthma, hay fever and on Friday afternoons was recog­ appropriate patients for acu­ some neuropathies. nised as one session's work under puncture asa first-line treatment. The conditions treated are my consultant contract. I also wanted to offer a new listed in tables 1 to 7, together with The clinic offered the following service http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Acupuncture in Medicine SAGE

The Hospital Practice of Acupuncture in the NHS

Glennie-Smith, K.
Acupuncture in Medicine , Volume 1 (2): 3 – Jan 1, 1983
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SAGE
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© 1983 British Medical Acupuncutre Society
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0964-5284
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1759-9873
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10.1136/aim.1.2.18
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The hospital practice ofAcupuncture intlieNHS patients unfit for general anaes­ In December 1977, I set up an Dr. K.Glennie-Smith thesia experimental medical acupuncture FFARCS clinic at Poole General Hospital. Summary of paper presented in • treatment of withdrawal symp­ The aim of the project, carried out toms in drug addicts Shanghai, April 1982 in my own time, was to assess: • group therapy trial for nicotine 1. the value of using a simple stimu­ medically registered personnel, addiction, using staff from the lation therapy without drugs in without the risks and expense asso­ operating department comparison with standard tech­ ciated with unqualified practi­ niques • continuing research into the use tioners. 2. the conditions which respond of acupuncture for functional dis­ In September, my involvement best to needle stimulation in orders and pain-free conditions with the medical acupuncture clinic order to encourage referral of such as asthma, hay fever and on Friday afternoons was recog­ appropriate patients for acu­ some neuropathies. nised as one session's work under puncture asa first-line treatment. The conditions treated are my consultant contract. I also wanted to offer a new listed in tables 1 to 7, together with The clinic offered the following service

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Acupuncture in Medicine – SAGE

Published: Jan 1, 1983

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