Title :
Clinical practice and research situation of Acupuncture in China: An overview report of 2012 Pearl River Forum
Author :
Xiaohong Xu ; Zhe Li ; Xiaoling Xu ; Wenbin Fu
Author_Institution :
Second Sch. of Clinic Med., Guangzhou Univ. of Chinese Med., Guangzhou, China
Abstract :
The sixth symposium of State development forum of traditional Chinese medicine, 2012 Pearl River Forum, was held in Guangzhou. More than 50 experts on Acupuncture and other related fields all over the country were attracted. The theme for this year´s forum was `Development Strategy on Acupuncture - Accelerating innovation development and advancing clinical practice and research of Chinese acupuncture´. Moreover, an international multicenter clinical evaluation research on the therapeutic effects of acupuncture, which would break its old patterns, was fully discussed and approved in the forum. 2012 Pearl River Forum is to be a turning point of Chinese acupuncture.
Keywords :
medicine; patient treatment; reviews; 2012 Pearl River Forum; China; Chinese acupuncture; Guangzhou; acupuncture clinical practice; acupuncture clinical research; acupuncture therapeutic effects; international multicenter clinical evaluation research; traditional Chinese medicine; Computer aided manufacturing; Diseases; Hospitals; Pain; Rivers; Standards; Acupuncture; Chinese Medicine; review;
Conference_Titel :
Bioinformatics and Biomedicine Workshops (BIBMW), 2012 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Philadelphia, PA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2746-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2744-2
DOI :
10.1109/BIBMW.2012.6470341
