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Abstract:The historical background of neurological surgery for pain demonstrates a remarkable honesty in outcome assessment. Because of apparent concentration on technological break-throughs, the contemporary focus is less directed to socially important issues. Because of the importance of outcome management in the current political environment, it is important to return to basic principles. A more socially and economically responsible approach is desperately needed in the neurosurgical community at this time. Standardization of outcome reporting and issues of societal impact must be included to justify the real value of new technology.

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年代:1993

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Abstract:The National Council Against Health Fraud (NCAHF) holds that acupuncture is fraudulent because it has not been proven effective by modern standards. After an evaluation of the termshealth, fraud, science, truth, andreality, the position of the NCAHF concerning humans and their health is analyzed.Phenomenologyis described as the suitable and correct scientific method for understanding human life, humans, Chinese medicine, andZhen-Jiu(the correct Chinese term for what the NCAHF paper refers to as “acupuncture”). It is pointed out that orthodox Western medicine is in and of itself not a science. Erroneous assumptions of the NCAHF concerning the justification for double-blind studies in Western medicine are corrected along with the NCAHF's inadequate apprehension of the objective and subjective dimensions in humans. It is shown that the NCAHF possesses very limited information about Chinese needle and moxa therapy (Zhen-Jiu) and because of this confuses in an unscientific manner the cause and effect relationships that obtain between traditional Chinese and modern Western medicines.

ISSN:0749-8047    

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年代:1993

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NCAHF Reply

ISSN:0749-8047    

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年代:1993

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Headache:Diagnosis and Treatment, edited by C. David Tollison, Ph.D. and Robert S. Kunkel, M.D. Baltimore, MD: Williams and Wilkins, 1993, 418 pp., $85.00.The Prevention of Postoperative Pain: Proceedings of a Symposium on the Prevention and Control of Postoperative Pain, edited by Harold Merskey and Ken Prkachin. Halifax, Nova Scotia: The Canadian Pain Society, 1993, 86 pp., $10.00 (Cdn.).

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年代:1993

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Current and Emerging Issues in Cancer Pain:Research and Practice, C. Richard Chapman and Kathleen M. Foley, eds. New York: Raven Press, 1993, 441 pp., $140.00Pain: A Four-Letter Word You Can Live Withby Sridhar V. Vasudevan, M.D. Milwaukee, WI: Montgomery Media Inc., 1993, 187 pp., $14.95.

ISSN:0749-8047    

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年代:1993

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ISSN:0749-8047    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1993

数据来源: OVID

ISSN:0749-8047    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1993

数据来源: OVID

ISSN:0749-8047    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1993

数据来源: OVID

ISSN:0749-8047    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1993

数据来源: OVID