BIBLIOGRAPHIES

1. Prevalence of Complementary/Alternative/Integrative Medicine

A. Overview: The Nature of the Inquiry
B. Biomedical Rules of Evidence and Methodologic Issues
C. Suggested Readings
D. Miscellaneous

2. Massage/Bodywork/Chiropractic for Low back Pain

A. Overview
B. Patient Satisfaction Data
C. Scientific Evidence Issue
D. Brief Selections from Original Writings on Chiropractic
E. Policy Discussion and Opinions
F. Adverse Effects
G. Osteopathy
H. Massage/Bodywork Techniques
I. Suggested Readings

3. Complementary therapies and cancer

A. Overview: Unproven Cancer Therapies
B. "Health Food" Movement and Nonconventional Diets
C. Unconventional Cancer Diets and Macrobiotics
D. Advising Patients
E. Selected Controlled Clinical Trials of Unconventional Cancer Interventions
F. Megavitamins: Opinions and Selected Clinical Trials for Cancer Prevention and Treatment
G. Vitamin Supplementation, General Clinical Recommendations
H. Cancer and the Mind
I. Legal Discussion, Continued
J. Suggested Readings

4. Homeopathy

A. Overview
B. Homeopathic Theory [References used by homeopathic practitioners]
C. Scientific Issues
D. Adverse Effects
E. Provings and Related Studies
F. Suggested Readings

5. Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine

A. Ethnomedicine Overview
B. Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine

6. The Placebo and its Relationship to Complementary Medicine