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RECOMMENDED READING
A Selective List of Research and Clinical Resources

Nature ImageCompiled by Robert Scholten, MSLIS
Division for Research and Education in
Complementary and Integrative Medical Therapies
Harvard Medical School
Updated June 2005

I. General Resouces

Peer-Reviewed Journals: General Focus

Databases

Books: General Reference

  • Medical Guides to Complementary and Alternative Medicine edited by Marc Micozzi. New York: Churchill Livingstone (various dates). Series of volumes that focus on AIDS, Chinese Medicine, Neurology, Rehabilitation, Manual Therapies.
  • Women’s Health in Complementary and Integrative Medicine by Tieraona Low Dog. New York: Churchill Livingstone, 2005.
  • Complementary and Alternative Medicine Secrets edited by Wendy Kohatsu. Philadelphia: Hanley & Belfus, 2002.
  • Integrative Medicine: Principles for Practice by Benjamin Kligler and Roberta Lee. New York: McGraw Hill Professional, 2004. Accompanying teaching guide.
  • Integrative Medicine by David Rakel. Philadelphia: Saunders, 2003.
  • Meditation as Medicine by Dharma Singh Khalsa and Cameron Stauth. New York: Fireside, 2001

Systematic Reviews

  • FACT: Focus on Alternative and Complementary Therapies
    Edited by Edzard Ernst, MD, University of Exeter, UK
    Indexed in EMBASE, CINAHL, CISCOM
    • Abstracts, systematic reviews (Journal)
  • Bandolier Evidenced-Base Medicine Resources
    Published by a team of professors at Oxford University
    • This site is intended to gather the best evidence available about complementary and alternative therapies (CAT) for sufferers and professionals, to update it as more or better evidence becomes available, and to have it accessible over Internet. The principal mechanism will be by searching for systematic reviews and meta-analyses of complementary and alternative therapies, and providing abstracts of them. It contains stories from Bandolier, plus abstracts of systematic reviews, meta-analyses, or other studies about CAM. (Free)
  • The Cochrane Library
    Published by the Cochrane Collaboration
    Indexed in MEDLINE, EMBASE
    • The Cochrane Library is an electronic publication designed to supply high quality evidence to inform people providing and receiving care, and those responsible for research, teaching, funding and administration at all levels. It is published quarterly on CD-ROM and the Internet, and is distributed on a subscription basis. The Abstracts of Cochrane Reviews are available without charge and can be browsed or searched. (Annual subscription ~$220.)

Educational Opportunities

II. Resources by Topic

Manual Therapies
Databases

Journals

Books

  • Massage Therapy: The Evidence for Practice, edited by Grant Jewell Rich and Janet Kahn. St. Louis: Mosby, 2002.
  • Touch Therapy by Tiffany Field. New York: Churchill Livingstone, 2000.
  • Complementary and Alternative Medicine: A Research-based Approach, by Lyn Freeman and G. Frank Lawlis, St Louis: Mosby, 2001.
  • The Arthritis Foundation’s Guide to Alternative Therapies, by Judith Horstman and William J. Arnold. Marietta (GA): Longstreet Press, 1999.
  • Encyclopedia of Bodywork: From Acupressure to Zone Therapy, by Elaine Stillerman. New York: Facts-on-File, 1996.

Dietary Supplements and Nutrition
Databases

Journals

Books

  • Handbook of Clinically Tested Herbal Remedies (2 Volumes) edited by Marilyn Barrett, PhD. Binghamton, NY: Haworth Herbal Press, 2004.
  • Principles and Practice of Phytotherapy: Modern Herbal Medicine, by Simon Mills and Kerry Bone. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, 2000.
  • Psychopharmacology of Herbal Medicine, by Marcello Spinella. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2001
  • Health Professional’s Guide to Popular Dietary Supplements, by Allison Sarubin. Chicago: American Dietetic Association, 2000.
  • Foundations of Nutritional Medicine: A Sourcebook of Clinical Research, by Melvyn R. Werbach, M.D. Tarzana, CA: Third Line Press, Inc., 1997.
  • Food, Nutrition and the Prevention of Cancer: A Global Perspective, by the American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) & World Cancer Research Foundation (WCRF). Washington, D.C.: AICR & WCRF, 1997.

Asian Medicine
Databases

  • ACULARS: Acupuncture Literature Analysis and Retrieval System
    Chinese Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine
    For assistance in searching, contact: wulc@sun.ihep.ac.cn

Journals

Books

  • Authentication of Chinese Medicinal Materials by DNA Technology by Paul But and PC Shaw. Singapore: World Scientific Press, 2002.
  • The Web That Has No Weaver by Ted Kaptchuk. Lincolnwood, IL: Contemporary Books, 2000.

Oncology
Databases

Journals

Books

  • Management of Cancer with Chinese Medicine by Peiwen Li. St Albans (UK): Donica Publishing, 2003.
  • Phytopharmaceuticals in Cancer Chemoprevention edited by Debasis Bagchi and Harry Preuss. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2005.
  • Guide to Complementary and Alternative Cancer Methods, edited by Katherine Bruss. Washington, D.C.: American Cancer Society, 1999.
  • Evaluating Alternative Cancer Therapies: A Guide to the Science and Politics of An Emerging Medical Field, edited by David J. Hess. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1999.

Research Methodology
Books

  • Clinical Research in Complementary Therapies: Principles, Problems and Solutions edited by George Lewith. New York: Churchill Livingstone, 2002.
  • Dietary Supplements: A Framework for Evaluating Safety. Institute of Medicine and National Research Council. Washington, D.C.: The National Academies Press, 2005.

Legal, Regulatory, Ethical Considerations
Databases

Periodicals

Books

  • Complementary and Alternative Medicine in the United States. Institute of Medicine. Washington, D.C.: The National Academies Press, 2005.
  • The Ethics of Touch by Ben E. Benjamin and Cherie Sohnen-Moe. Tucson: SMA, Inc., 2003.
  • Role of Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Accommodating Pluralism edited by Daniel Callahan. Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 2002.
  • Beyond Complementary Medicine: Legal and Ethical Perspectives on Health Care and Human Evolution, by Michael H. Cohen. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2000.
  • Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Legal Boundaries and Regulatory Perspectives, by Michael H. Cohen. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998.

Please email or fax corrections to Robert Scholten: robert_scholten@hms.harvard.edu (617-384-8555).


 

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