Researching Complementary and Alternative Medicine ppt

[...]... journals’, Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 7 (1): 139–43 Giordano, J., Garcia, M K., Boatwright, D and Klein, K (2003) Complementary and alternative medicine in mainstream public health: a role for research in fostering integration’, Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 9 (3): 441–5 Girgis, A., Adams, J and Sibbritt, D (2005) ‘The use of complementary and alternative therapies... funding programmes and organisations dedicated to investigating and promoting an understanding of CAM are now well established (e.g the Research Council for Complementary Medicine, UK and the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, National Institutes of Health, US); and an International Society for Complementary Medicine Research (ISCMR) has recently been founded (Lewith and Verhoef 2006)... 143–8 Stone, J and Matthews, J (1996) Complementary Medicine and the Law, Oxford: Clarendon Press Tovey, P., Easthope, G and Adams, J (eds) (2004) The Mainstreaming of Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Studies in Social Context, London: Routledge Vickers, A (1999) ‘Reflections on complementary medicine research in the UK’, Complementary Therapies in Medicine, 7 (4): 199–200 Willis, E and White, K... (2001) ‘EBM and risk: rhetorical resources in the articulation of professional identity’, Journal of Management in Medicine, 15 (4–5): 352–63 MacLennan, A H., Wilson, D H and Taylor, A W (2002) ‘The escalating cost and prevalence of alternative medicine , Preventive Medicine, 35: 166–73 MacLennan, A H., Myers, S P and Taylor, A W (2006) ‘The continuing use of complementary and alternative medicine in... research’, Complementary Therapies in Medicine, 10: 46–8 House of Lords (2000) Complementary and Alternative Medicine, London: House of Lords Lewith, G T., Jonas, W B and Walach, H (eds) (2002) Clinical Research in Complementary Therapies: Principles, Problems and Solutions, Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone Lewith, G T and Verhoef, M J (2006) ‘The international society for complementary medicine research... dedicated to CAM (e.g Complementary Therapies in Medicine and Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine) and the medicines are now beginning to occupy the interest of a growing number of investigators (Bensoussan and Lewith 2004, Fontanarosa 2001) University CAM departments have also emerged (with particular pockets of concentrated activity in Australia, Canada, the UK and the USA) (Hentschel... Adams The rise of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) – a whole array of practices, products and approaches to health and illness1 – can certainly no longer be characterised as cultural fad or fashion Changes in the use of titles (from ‘unscientific’ and ‘marginal’ to complementary and ‘integrative’) reflect a more substantive relocation and transformation of many of these medicines from the... methods and issues selected from across the ‘broad church’ that can be identified as the CAM research community Book outline and contents The aim of Researching Complementary and Alternative Medicine is to draw together wide-ranging pieces focusing upon various aspects of the research enterprise to help inform and advance the investigation and understanding of CAM The explosion of interest in these medicines... ‘Keynote comment: dumbing down of complementary medicine , Lancet Oncology, 6 (7): 442–3 Expert Committee on Complementary Medicines in the Health System (2003) Complementary Medicines in the Australian Health System: Report to Parliament Secretary to the Minister for Health and Ageing, Canberra: The Committee Fontanarosa, P B (2001) ‘Publication of complementary and alternative medicine research in mainstream... D., Easthope, G and Young, A (2003) ‘The profile of women who consult alternative health practitioners in Australia’, Medical Journal of Australia, 179 (6): 297–300 Barnes, P., Powell-Griner, E., McFann, K and Nahin, R L (2004) Complementary and alternative medicine use among adults: United States, 2002’, Advance Data, 27 (343): 1–19 Bensoussan, A and Lewith, G T (2004) Complementary medicine research . Data Researching complementary and alternative medicine / edited by Jon Adams. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Alternative medicine. 2. Alternative medicine Research. 3. Medicine Research h0" alt="" Researching Complementary and Alternative Medicine Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) has become big business around the world. Alongside the growing consumption and provision. peer-reviewed journals dedicated to CAM (e.g. Complementary Therapies in Medicine and Journal of Alterna- tive and Complementary Medicine) and the medicines are now beginning to occupy the interest