Editor's Note:
For many years, JACM has been proud to be the official journal of the influential Society for Acupuncture Research. Since the change in JACM editorial leadership last year, we have begun exploring ways to make this relationship of highest value to both parties, and to the researchers, clinicians, educators, and policy makers we serve. With this issue, we initiate a quarterly column from Society for Acupuncture Research (SAR) leadership, Turning Points. Each column will engage a transformational topic relative to paradigm, practice, and policy in the acupuncture research community. This first, from SAR copresident Robert Davis, MS, LAc, shares the research strategy a SAR team developed for a high visibility pilot project in the United States. The question: with a limited budget and a tight time frame, how best to explore acupuncture for chronic pain in an underserved population that does not typically have access to acupuncture services? A fine starting place for what we hope will enrich your JACM experience! —John Weeks, Editor-in-Chief, JACM.
