1334 Lawrence St.
Port Townsend, WA
360-379-5529
fax: 360-379-1441
bbw@acubriefs.com

    

Current Officers:
James K. Rotchford, MD MPH President
Young Bae, PhD Vice-President
Elisabeth Rotchford Secretary-Treasurer

August 8, 2004

Welcome - - Willkommen - Bienvenue

Best of Both World's is a charitable foundation with a mission to encourage appropriate integration of international models of health and health care into western health care systems. The foundation will promote activities such as research, education, cultural exchanges, establishment of databases and other forms of information storage, retrieval, and exchange, and other activities related thereto. Comparative and explorative evaluations of different systems of health care will be promoted.

The foundation's initial efforts will focus on sustaining WWW.ACUBRIEFS.COM a comprehensive online database of references on acupuncture. By making academic and clinical references pertinent to acupuncture widely available, the proper integration of acupuncture into western medical systems is facilitated.

The foundation has been granted 501 (c)(3)tax exempt status (See copy of exemption letter) and will be treated as a public charity. As such all donations to the BBW foundation are treated as tax exempt charitable donations. If you are interested at all in supporting our efforts please e-mail us at BBW@Acubriefs.com or write us. You may also call 360-379-5529 and ask for Peggy or leave a message and she'll return the call. Credit card donations are gladly accepted.

If you have projects that might meet our intended goals please contact us we'll see how we might be of help.

 
Acubriefs was established and generously supported by grants from the Medical Acupuncture Research Foundation (MARF)and the American Academy of Medical Acupuncture (AAMA). Its purpose is to make available online the most comprehensive database of references on acupuncture in the English language. References on acupuncture in languages other than English will be incorporated contingent on time and resources. Helpful reviews, librarian service, and links are readily available.
MARF was founded in 1988 as a charitable, nonprofit organization which served as the research arm of the American Academy of Medical Acupuncture until the winter of 2004. After MARF was disbanded as an ancillary foundation of the AAMA, the Best of Both Worlds Foundation was established by James K. Rotchford, MD, MPH, a past president of MARF. Through the Best of Both Worlds Foundation, MARF's work can continue through the auspices of an independent charitable foundation. The intent is to promote all aspects of quality acupuncture research. This includes supporting both clinicians and researchers involved in acupuncture research, supporting the structure and organizations needed to foster the research, and directly promoting the research.

 
 
     
 
 

Best of Both Worlds
1334 Lawrence Street
Port Townsend, WA 98368
360-379-5529
Fax: 360-379-1441
bbw@www.acubriefs.com