On defining acupuncture and its techniques: A commentary on the problem of sham

• Stephen Birch,
• Myeong Soo Lee,
• Tae-Hun Kim,
• Terje Alraek

Affiliations

Stephen Birch

School of Health Sciences, Kristiania University College, Oslo, Norway; Corresponding author at: Kristiania University College, WG Plein 330, 1054SG Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Myeong Soo Lee

Division of Clinical Medicine, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon, Republic of Korea

Tae-Hun Kim

Korean Medicine Clinical Trial Center, Korean Medicine Hospital, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Terje Alraek

School of Health Sciences, Kristiania University College, Oslo, Norway; Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, National Research Center in Complementary and Alternative Medicine, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromso, Norway