Complementary Medicine Resources

Questions on Complementary Medicine were asked in 2005. This module also included questions on Health Information Issues that were also asked in 2001.

ARK Resources

• Complementary and alternative medicine: Patterns of use in Northern Ireland (Research Update 50) by Suzanne McDonough, Paula Devine and David Baxter, is based on results from the 2005 Life and Times survey.

Links

• The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine is an associated site of the US National Institute of Health. The section 'What is Complementary and Alternative Medicine' provides a useful list of definitions of a wide range of therapies.
• The aim of the Research Council for Complementary Medicine is develop and extend the evidence base for complementary medicine in order to provide practitioners and their patients with information about the effectiveness of individual therapies and the treatment of specific conditions.
• The Sixth Report of the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee focuses on Complementary and Alternative Medicine.
• The Institute for Complementary and Natural Medicine (ICM) is a UK registered charity that aims to provide the public with information in all aspects of the safe and best practise of Complementary Medicine through its practitioners, courses and research.

Maintained by Paula Devine;