Subject Guides — Complementary & Alternative Medicine
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Databases
Browse the Library's extensive list
of databases relevant to the health sciences.
Of particular significance are:
PubMed - biomedical sciences
CINAHL - nursing and allied
health
Alt
HealthWatch - full-text complementary healthcare resources
International
Bibliographic Information on Dietary Supplements Database
Gateways
Gateway sites present links to information on a wide variety of nursing and health related topics.
- Rosenthal Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
- Particularly useful are the "CAM Professional and Research Resources" listings. Strong for herbal medicine, aging and women's health.
- Alternative Medicine HomePage
- Extensive index of sites covering such areas as AIDS & HIV, associations & organizations, alternative systems of medical practice, diseases & conditions, fraud & quackery, herbal medicine, and more.
- McMaster University - Health Care Information Resources: Alternative Medicine
- General resources covered first, followed by a list of specific resources on single topics such as acupuncture.
- NOAH: Complementary and Alternative Medicine
- New York Online Access to Health. Highly regarded, consumer oriented site.
Associations
- National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
- The Federal Government's lead agency for scientific research on CAM. Consult the health information page for general information and for links to browse by diseases & conditions, and by treatments & therapies.
Selected Sites
- Natural HealthLine
- Excellent current awareness resource.
- HealthWorld Online
- Although a partially commercial site, a tremendous amount of content is available for free. Offers a blend of conventional and alternative medicine information. Includes articles, interviews, columns, and more. Subject entries are authored by experts in the various fields.
Skeptic's Corner
- Quackwatch
- Dr. Stephen Barrett's site "whose purpose is to combat health-related frauds, myths, fads, and fallacies." No holds barred approach.
- Skeptics Dictionary: Alternative Medicine
- This aptly named site pulls together arguments—some very harshly negative—against alternative therapies. A useful feature is the inclusion of links to related resources that are pro and con.
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Lana S. Dixon,
Health Sciences
Reference Librarian
ldixon@utk.edu
974-4700