Elderly patient refractory to multiple pain medications successfully treated with integrative East–West medicine

Bill TuUCLA Center for East–West Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USACorrespondence[email protected]

Michael JohnstonUCLA Center for East–West Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Ka-Kit HuiUCLA Center for East–West Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Pages 3-6 | Published online: 01 Jul 2008

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