Clinical research for complementary therapy : principles, problems and solutions /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Lewith, G. T., Jonas, Wayne B., Walach, Harald
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh : Churchill Livingstone, 2002.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Balanced research strategies for complementary and alternative medicine
  • The role of outcomes research in evaluating complementary and alternative medicine
  • Inspiration and perspiration : what every researcher needs to know before they start
  • Possible research strategies for evaluating CAM interventions
  • Evaluating complementary medicine : lessons to be learned from evaluation research
  • Improving patient care in complementary medicine : using clinical audit
  • The placebo effect in complementary medicine
  • Conducting multicenter and large trials in complementary and alternative medicine
  • The importance of patient selection
  • Investigating the safety of complementary medicine
  • Systematic reviews and metaanalyses
  • Economic evaluation of complementary therapies
  • Herbal medicine
  • Homeopathy
  • Manual therapies
  • Massage therapy research methods
  • Research aspects of environmental medicine
  • Acupuncture research methodology
  • Research methodology for studies of prayer and distant healing
  • Clinical research in naturopathic medicine