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Extrapolation errors in Liu et al.’s CAM integrative review of health care professionals in New Zealand

Authors: Jillian Marie McDowell, Susan Heather Kohut, Debra Betts

Published in: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies | Issue 1/2024

Abstract

This letter is to highlight errors made by Liu et al. in their 2020 paper in BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies, “Complementary and alternative medicine—practice, attitudes, and knowledge among healthcare professionals in New Zealand: an integrative review”. Substantial errors in their citation of the recent research and methodology by McDowell, Kohut & Betts (2019) pertaining to the practice of acupuncture in New Zealand by physiotherapists are presented. The actual results of McDowell et al.’s work and the true state of acupuncture use by their sample group is reported.

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Title: Extrapolation errors in Liu et al.’s CAM integrative review of health care professionals in New Zealand
Authors: Jillian Marie McDowell
Susan Heather Kohut
Debra Betts
Publication date: 01-12-2024
Publisher: BioMed Central
Keyword: Acupuncture
Published in: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies / Issue 1/2024
Electronic ISSN: 2662-7671
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12906-023-04259-3

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