Alternative Medicine

Go to library resources in alternative medicine

Alternative and Complementary Medicine Center
Resources from Health World Online

Alternative Health News Online
News on the latest developments in alternative medicine

Alternative Medicine at the Rosenthal Center
Alternative and complementary medicine information provided by the Rosenthal Center at Columbia University

American Holistic Nurses Association
To renew and evolve the art of nuturing and caring for the whole person

CDC report on the use of complementary medicine by US adults
Full report and statistics available. Released May 2004

National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine at the NIH
The National Institutes of Health site

Herb Research Foundation
Improving health and well being through herbs

Homeopathic Education Service
Information from Dana Ullman, MPH, leading expert on homeopathic medicine

Homeopathy Home
Bills itself as the most comprehensive homeopathy page with links to every resource available

Institute for Traditional Medicine
Patient page, practitioner page, resources, herbs, HIV/AIDS

Office of Dietary Supplements
Information from the National Institutes of Health organization

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Library Resources

Journal Titles:
    Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine v. 6-- (1999--)
    Holistic Nursing Practice  v.11--  (1997--)
    Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics  v.25--  (2003--)
    Scientific Review of Alternative Medicine  v.3--  (1999--)

Selected book and audiovisual resources are listed.  For more titles in alternative medicine,  please search the library online catalog.

Anderson, Robert A.  A Clinician's Guide to Holistic Medicine.  New York : McGraw-Hill, 2001
W 61 A549C 2001

Clark, Carolyn Chambers.  Integrating Complementary Health Procedures into Practice.  New York : Spinger, 2000
WB 890 I606C 2000

Fetrow, Charles W.  Professional's Handbook of Complementary and Alternative Medicine.  2nd ed.  Springhoue, PA : Springhouse, 2001
WB 890 F432P 2001

Rotblatt, Michael.  Evidence based herbal medicine.  Philadelphia : Hanley & Belfus, 2001
WB 925 E95R 2001

Sampson, Wallace.  Science meets Alternative Medicine: What the Evidence Says about Unconventional Treatments.  Amherst, NY : Prometheus Books, 2000
WB 890 S352S 2000

Spencer, John W.  Complementary Alternative Medicine: an Evidence Based Approach.  St. Louis : Mosby, 1999
WB 890 C736S 1999