Atlas of Acupuncture

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About the editor and

contributors

Dr med. Claudia Focks, Rottweil: anaesthesiologist, additional

qualification in naturopathy and homeopathy; training in Chinese

Medicine in China, Austria, and Germany, postgraduate training

at the ETHNOMED Institut für Ethnomedizin e.V. (Institute for

Ethnomedicine, registered charity) in Munich. Clinical focus on

Chinese Medicine and energy therapies. Co-editor and co-author

of Leitfaden Chinesische Medizin (Chinese Medicine:

An Introduction), co-author of Leitfaden Akupunktur(Acupunc-

ture: An Introduction), both published by Elsevier Munich.

Lectures on Chinese Medicine, both in Germany and abroad.

Dr med. Ulrich März, Ulm: General practitioner with his own

practice, focus on acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medi-

cine. Adjunct lecturer at the University of Ulm for acupuncture

and TCM. Project manager for the postgraduate programme for

acupuncture and TCM at the Akademie für Wissenschaft,

Wirtschaft und Technik (Academy for Science, Economy and

Technology) at the University of Ulm. Co-author of Leitfaden

Akupunktur (Acupuncture: An Introduction), published by

Elsevier Munich.

Dr med. Ingolf Hosbach, Bochum: Anaesthesiologist, additional

qualification in palliative therapy. Employed at the University

Clinic Bergmannsheil Bochum. Adjunct lecturer at the Universi-

ties of Witten/Herdecke and Bochum. Scientific publications

and lectures on palliative therapy, acupuncture and TCM

research. Webmaster of the homepage of the Department for

Chinese Medicine at the University Witten/Herdecke and of the

DWGTCM e.V. (www.dwgtcm.com).

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