Researching complementary and alternative medicine
By: edited by Jon Adams.
Contributors: Adams, Jon, 1971-
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2007
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 153
ISBN-13: 9780415367745; 9780415367752; 9780203019986
Subjects: Alternative medicine; Alternative medicine -- Research; Medicine -- Research; Complementary Therapies; Research
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Qualitative methods in CAM research : a focus upon narratives, prayer, and spiritual healing / David Aldridge; title: Systematic reviews and CAM / Eric Manheimer and Jeanette Ezzo; title: Utilising existing data sets for CAM consumption research : the case of cohort studies / David Sibbritt; title: Towards the application of RCTs for CAM : methodological challenges / Marie Pirotta; title: Combining qualitative methods and RCTs in CAM intervention research / Marja J. Verhoef and Laura C. Vanderheyden; title: Evidence and CAM research : challenges and opportunities / Marc Cohen; title: The practitioner as researcher : research capacity-building within the ranks of CAM / Aslak Steinsbekk; title: Public health and CAM : exploring overlap, contrast and dissonance / Kevin Dew and Penelope Carroll; title: Involving the consumer in CAM research / Charlotte Paterson.