Acupuncture Risk Management: The Essential Practice Standards & Regulatory Compliance Reference [Hardcover]

David C. Kailin (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1998

This book is primarily intended to train acupuncturists to assess many dimensions of risk, and to implement practical strategies for the prevention of harm. More generally, it guides all complementary medicine providers toward practicing safely in the social, legal and medical contexts of America.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

Among many other merits, this text offers an authoritative review of federal OSHA and FDA regulations applying to acupuncture, based on extensive dialogue with, and review by, agency personnel. This text should be required reading in acupuncture colleges, and should not be overlooked by current practitioners. Administrators of clinics and insurance plans where acupuncture is being integrated would do well to consult A.R.M. It will doubtless prevent many lawsuits...and will probably save a few lives!

From the Author

Based on what I learned in the course of researching this text, I had to radically re-train myself. I rest much easier knowing my office protocols and clinical procedures now meet prevailing medico-legal standards. It is not difficult to substantially reduce the risks of harm, when you fully understand the dimensions of harm and the strategies of risk control.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 336 pages
• Publisher: C M S Press; 1 edition (January 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1891426001
• ISBN-13: 978-1891426001
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,451,646 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sets excellent standards for acupuncture risk management, July 7, 1998

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Alex Holland ([e-mail]) (Port Townsend, Washington) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Acupuncture Risk Management: The Essential Practice Standards & Regulatory Compliance Reference (Hardcover)

Being an acupuncturist, I was really surprised by the depth in which Kailin covered his subject. Any question I might have had going into the text, in terms of OSHA standards for practice within my profession, were thoroughly covered. Practitioners should have this book handy, for reference, and for their own piece of mind and the health of their practice. This text should also be required in TCM schools nationwide.