Methodologies for effectively assessing complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) : research tools and techniques /

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Imprint:	London, England ; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Singing Dragon, 2015. ©2015
Description:	1 online resource (296 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	Alternative medicine. Complementary Therapies. Outcome Assessment, Health Care. Alternative medicine.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11907595

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Other authors / contributors:	Langweiler, Mark J., editor. McCarthy, Peter W., editor. Leight, Kenneth A., author of introduction, etc.
ISBN:	9780857011978 0857011979 9781848192515 1848192517
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters. Print version record.
Summary:	Examining the methods and criteria for assessing Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM), this book highlights how CAM research must be treated differently to research in conventional medicine. Experts from a wide range of CAM modalities provide background to the therapies and suggest the most effective research methodology for each.
Other form:	Print version: Methodologies for effectively assessing complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) : research tools and techniques. London, England ; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Singing Dragon, ©2015 293 pages 9781848192515

Table of Contents:

Foreword: Embracing the Spirit of CAM; PREFACE; 1. Blind Men and Elephants: Attempting to Capture CAM in anEnlightenment Box; 2. At the Boundaries of Integrated General Practice; 3. The Pillars of Proof: Safety, Efficacy, Quality and the Construction of a Traditional Medicine/Complementary Alternative Medicine Policy Discourse; 4. Health Psychology and InterpretativePhenomenological Analysis; 5. Using Psychosocial Models and Methodsto Evaluate Complementary and Alternative Medicine; 6. Issues in Spirituality Research in the Biomedical Context.
7. Traditional Chinese Medicine: Challenges for Research8. Researching Chinese Herbal Medicine; 9. Clinical Research Evidence in Homeopathy; 10. Medicinal Plants: From Laboratory to Clinical Trial; 11. Research into the Clinical Linkage betweenVisceral Dysfunction and Somatic Symptomatology; 12. Manual Medicine: Past and Future; 13. Craniosacral Therapy; 14. Assessing Āyuverda, Mapping the Woods or Counting the Trees Need and Approach; 15. Methodological Challenges and Research Design in Research Study of Qigong Therapies; 16. Research Methodology for Tai Chi Chuan.
17. Yoga: A Review of the ResearchABOUT THE AUTHORS; INDEX.

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