With more than 650 science-based, peer-reviewed pages, this book offers balanced coverage on today's hottest topics in complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). Leading authors of Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) and the Archives Journals provide an authoritative assessment of a broad range of topics from the evaluation of treatment modalities to prevalence and use of alternative medicine therapies. Learn how CAM is used, what's working, and what's not. Alternative Medicine: An Objective Assessment provides: Overviews and guidance from expert physician specialists Rigorous science-based findings and objective references Reliable JAMA and Archives Journals perspectives Topics include: Acupuncture Herbal therapies Nutrition Homeopathy And more!
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This muddled attempt from the American Medical Association might as easily have been subtitled "The AMA Bends Over Backwards To Please Everybody." It is a repackaged collection of articles published between 1997 and 1999 in JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association) or the Archives series of journals (each addressing a particular specialty but tied together by the AMA imprimatur); only the introductory and overview essays are new. Two-thirds of the pieces are devoted to sociocultural-historical reporting, i.e., Who uses alternative medicine and why? The remaining third are reports of investigations of therapies, ranging from barely controlled convenience samples to randomized controlled trials. Evidently, when choosing which trials to cover, the editor made a desperate attempt at impartiality, as the results are roughly 50-50, positive or negative. (What a coincidence!) Thus, despite some excellent articlesAChapters 73 and 74, which discuss the scientific investigation of alternative medicine, are highly recommended reading for consumersAsome definitely substandard work is included hereAfor balance, it would seem. This volume should be read and considered in non-homeopathic doses, for only in its entirety is there any value. For larger medical collections.ACatherine Arnott Smith, Ctr. for Biomedical Informatics, Univ. of Pittsburgh
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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