Review Paper_How To Improve The Ethical Consideration of Acupuncture Clinical And Basic Research

In this current perspective the aim is the ethical consideration of acupuncture in clinical research. The introduction of acupuncture and its benefit in human health was briefly stated, also gave an overview of the method of carrying out acupuncture clinical research and the choice of control procedure, while the problems faced by researchers regarding the research such as the difficulty of blindness was also put into consideration. Introduced the importance of clinical research in order to prove the medical effect of acupuncture which then makes the acupuncture intervention being more widely accepted in medical treatment. Furthermore, brings up the method to perform ethical research of acupuncture which can be the guidelines in the study of acupuncture clinical research. The seven requirements for ethical research that must be abide were explained in this review. Even though acupuncture had become a common intervention in the medical field, however, more afford was required to solve the acupuncture study-related ethical issues.