Methodologies for Effectively Assessing Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM)
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Methodologies for Effectively Assessing Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM)

Research Tools and Techniques

  1. 288 pages
  2. English
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  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Methodologies for Effectively Assessing Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM)

Research Tools and Techniques

About this book

Finding the right criteria to use when judging Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) is essential if it is to stand up to criticism from those concerned about the importance of evidence-based medicine. This edited volume highlights how CAM requires different research tools and techniques from conventional medicine, and examines effective methodologies for accurately assessing CAM.

Addressing a problem which is often cited as the reason for a failure to appreciate the potential in CAM approaches to patient care, experts from a wide array of CAM modalities suggest the most effective research methodology for each particular therapy and illustrate how a lack of adherence to that methodology produces a less effective assessment. Disciplines covered include Traditional Chinese Medicine, homeopathy, herbal medicine, craniosacral therapy, qigong and yoga.

Providing direction in research and the best criteria to appropriately assess each discipline, this book highlights and responds to the issues underlying research in CAM. It will be of interest to anyone involved in CAM research, in addition to CAM practitioners and students, western medical practitioners looking to include CAM in their treatments, and anyone studying research design and methodology.

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Yes, you can access Methodologies for Effectively Assessing Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) by Peter W. McCarthy, BSc, McCarthy, BSc, PhD, Mark J. Langweiler, BA, DC, Langweiler, BA, DC, DAAPM in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Medicine & Alternative & Complementary Medicine. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Of Related Interest
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright
  6. Contents
  7. Foreword: Embracing the Spirit of CAM
  8. Preface
  9. 1. Blind Men and Elephants: Attempting to Capture CAM in an Enlightenment Box
  10. 2. At the Boundaries of Integrated General Practice
  11. 3. The Pillars of Proof: Safety, Efficacy, Quality and the Construction of a Traditional Medicine/Complementary Alternative Medicine Policy Discourse
  12. 4. Health Psychology and Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
  13. 5. Using Psychosocial Models and Methods to Evaluate Complementary and Alternative Medicine
  14. 6. Issues in Spirituality Research in the Biomedical Context
  15. 7. Traditional Chinese Medicine: Challenges for Research
  16. 8. Researching Chinese Herbal Medicine
  17. 9. Clinical Research Evidence in Homeopathy
  18. 10. Medicinal Plants: From Laboratory to Clinical Trial
  19. 11. Research into the Clinical Linkage between Visceral Dysfunction and Somatic Symptomatology
  20. 12. Manual Medicine: Past and Future
  21. 13. Mariann Sisco, PT, CST-D, Instructor—Cranial Sacral Therapy, Upledger Institute, Florida, USA
  22. 14. Assessing Āyurveda, Mapping the Woods or Counting the Trees: Need and Approach
  23. 15. Methodological Challenges and Research Design in Research Study of Qigong Therapies
  24. 16. Research Methodology for Tai Chi Chuan
  25. 17. Yoga: A Review of the Research
  26. About the Authors
  27. Index