... help in
ensuring that the project is on track and that you are not getting endlessly
bogged down in planning and reviewing the literature.
Research Made Easy in Complementary and Alternative Medicine
SECTION ... commonplace in the complementary medicine field.
Research Made Easy in Complementary and Alternative Medicine
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Available with...
... be, and indeed are not being, integrated into
more orthodox health settings and services. The definition and understanding of CAM
used here focuses on how particular therapies or medicines ... homoeopathic preparations and aromatherapy oils.
■ The rise in public interest in CAM is mirrored by a rise in the interest of medicine,
nursing and professions allied to medicine....
... (implementing a comprehensive research
training plan, providing research training and
clinical fellowships, educating complementary/
alternative medicine scientists about biomedical
research methods, and ... identifying and investigat-
ing promising understudied areas, and establish-
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ing a global network...
... also influence the increasing interest in CAM. These include the rising
prevalence of chronic disease with aging; increased access to health information in the media and over the
Internet; and ... being integrated into
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mainstream medicine. Over seventy-five medical schools have courses on CAM (3), hospitals are
developing complementary and integrated medicine programs,...
... use of complementary and alternative medicines (CAM) among women with gynecologic cancer is
becoming increasingly popular. Therefore, it is important to gain insight into the prevalence and factors ... of CAM and the patient’s therapeutic goals.
Keywords: Complementary and alternative medicines - gynecologic cancer - Turkey
RESEARCH COMMUNICATION
Complementary and Al...
... collecting
and analyzing information from national surveys, identifying important
questions, designing studies, coordinating data collection and analysis, and
providing training in research and ... CAM and conventional), with oversampling of ethnic
minorities.
INTEGRATING CAM AND CONVENTIONAL MEDICINE
Even as CAM and conventional medicine each maintain their identities,...
... advertisement in a magazine or testimonials on the
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web? The underlying reasons behind patients’ motivations are
windows into how patients view their health and health ... doesn’t come easily to
everyone, John Crellin and Fernando Ania, in their book Profes-
sionalism and Ethics in Complementary and Alternative Medi-
cine, very eloque...
... acids). Seeds and nuts themselves also con-
tain linoleic acid.
A simple measure to increase linoleic acid intake is to increase the
consumption of linoleic acid-containing foods, including oils. ... Therapy
Foreword
Few areas in medicine raise as much controversy and debate as the use
of the wide range of interventions contained under the banner heading of
complementary and alte...
... Comple-
mentary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM). Its mission is: “To prevent
and alleviate human suffering through research on the safety and effec-
tiveness of CAM modalities and through research, training, ... relates to CAM/Integrative Medicine edu-
cation, research, and clinical care.
• A commitment to primarily pursue inter-disciplinary, inter-insti-
tutional, and,...