Placebo Control and Placebo Effect in Acupuncture Medicine
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Acupuncture is theatrical placebo.
P ain is a big problem. If you read about pain management centers, you might think it had been solved. It has not. And when no effective treatment exists for a medical problem, it leads to a tendency to clutch at straws. Research has shown that acupuncture is little more than such a straw. Although it is commonly claimed that acupuncture has been around for thousands of years, it has not always...
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عنوان ژورنال: Korean Journal of Acupuncture
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2287-3368,2287-3376
DOI: 10.14406/acu.2018.015