Practice, practitioner, or placebo? A multifactorial, mixed-methods randomized controlled trial of acupuncture

Peter White; Felicity L. Bishop; Phil Prescott; Clare Scott; Paul Little; George Lewith

doi:10.1016/j.pain.2011.11.007

journal article Feb 01, 2012

Practice, practitioner, or placebo? A multifactorial, mixed-methods randomized controlled trial of acupuncture

Peter White

Felicity L. Bishop Phil Prescott Clare Scott Paul Little

George Lewith

Pain Vol. 153 No. 2 pp. 455-462 · Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)

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Published: Feb 01, 2012
Vol/Issue: 153(2)
Pages: 455-462

Authors

Primary Care and Population Sciences Unit, Aldermoor Health Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton

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George Lewith

Complementary and Integrated Medicine Research Unit, Primary Care and Population Sciences, Southampton University, Southampton, UK

Cite This Article

Peter White, Felicity L. Bishop, Phil Prescott, et al. (2012). Practice, practitioner, or placebo? A multifactorial, mixed-methods randomized controlled trial of acupuncture. Pain, 153(2), 455-462. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pain.2011.11.007

Practice, practitioner, or placebo? A multifactorial, mixed-methods randomized controlled trial of acupuncture

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