A student stands over a patient, needle poised. They have a “perfect” prescription: a textbook combination of points harvested from a lecture slide on chronic lower back pain. But as the needle meets the skin, the student hesitates - the symptom of a quiet habit that has taken hold of our profession. We routinely say we “prescribe” points. It sounds efficient. It echoes the authority of biomedical culture and fits neatly into the insurance field. But vocabulary is never neutral; repeated long enough, it dictates behavior.
News
On Point
(Published May 31, 2011)
On Point
(Published Mar 31, 2011)
Study: Acupuncture Helps PCOS Patients
(Published Mar 31, 2011)
New Campus With a New Focus
(Published Mar 31, 2011)
Facing AOM Challenges with Your Support
(Published Feb 28, 2011)
Haiti: One Year Later, Acupuncturists Return
(Published Feb 28, 2011)
Study: Acupuncture Key in Pain Processing
(Published Jan 31, 2011)
Global Health Information Makes Big Strides
(Published Jan 31, 2011)
From the Field: Acupuncture and Public Health
(Published Dec 31, 2010)
Integrative Care Moves Forward
(Published Dec 31, 2010)
Progress Report on Our Profession
(Published Nov 30, 2010)
Review of the 2010 Five Element Acupuncture Symposium
(Published Nov 30, 2010)
Integrating Eastern and Western Medicine During Disaster Responses
(Published Nov 30, 2010)
Chinese Vice-Minister of Health Discusses TCM
(Published Oct 31, 2010)
Chinese Herbal Medicine Passes FDA Phase II Clinical Trials
(Published Oct 31, 2010)
News in Brief
(Published Sep 30, 2010)
CAM at the International AIDS Conference
(Published Sep 30, 2010)
Army To Include AOM for Pain Treatment
(Published Aug 31, 2010)
News in Brief
(Published Jul 31, 2010)
Classifying AOM As a Global Endeavor
(Published Jul 31, 2010)