TY - JOUR T1 - Acupuncture for ‘frequent attenders’ with medically unexplained symptoms JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 494 LP - 494 DO - 10.3399/bjgp11X588330 VL - 61 IS - 589 AU - Margaret McCartney Y1 - 2011/08/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/61/589/494.2.abstract N2 - I was dismayed to see the headline on the front of the BJGP claiming that ‘Acupuncture: effective in a randomised trial for patients with unexplained symptoms’.1 Alas, this is the kind of handling I would expect from the tabloid press.The study did not take account of recent systematic reviews that sham acupuncture is as good … ER -