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Alternative Medicine
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Below are groups and resources (books, articles, websites, etc.) related to this topic. Click on an item’s title to go its resource page with author, publisher, description/abstract and other details, a link to the full text if available, as well as links to related topics in the Subject Index. You can also browse the Title, Author, Subject, Chronological, Dewey, LoC, and Format indexes, or use the Search box. Results3 Connexions Library4 Connexions Directory of Groups & Websites 6 Sources Library 2 From the Connexions Archives Connexions LibrarySkeptical Inquirer: The Magazine for Science and Reason - Periodical profile Serial Publication (Periodical) Encourages the critical investigation of paranormal and fringe-science claims from a responsible, scientific point of view and disseminates factual information about the results of such inquiries to t... Snake Oil Science: The Truth about Complementary and Alternative Medicine  Bausell, R. Barker Book 2009 Illustrates how the placebo effect conspires to make medical therapies appear to be effective - not just to consumers, but to therapists and poorly trained scientists as well. Explores this phenomeno... Trick or Treatment?: Alternative Medicine on Trial (North American title: Trick or Treatment: The Undeniable Facts about Alternative Medicine) Singh, Simon; Ernst, Edzard Book 2008 Evaluates the scientific evidence for acupuncture, homeopathy, herbal medicine, and chiropractic, and briefly covers 36 other treatments. It finds that the scientific evidence for these alternative tr... Connexions Directory of Groups & WebsitesConsumer Health Organization of Canada Our mission is to improve the quality and longevity of life using the "wholistic approach" encompassing physical, mental, spiritual, social and economic well-being. We publish a newsletter, distribute... Health Action Network Society (HANS) A membership-based consumer health organization; information resource centre on alternative health since 1982. Information collected and disseminated is in the realm of self-care, alternative medicine... HealthWatcher.net Consumer Health Watchdog Web site which seek to expose quackery and bogus practices in health care, including cancer quackery and diet scams.
Quackwatch Purpose is to combat health-related frauds, myths, fads, and fallacies. Its primary focus is on quackery-related information that is difficult or impossible to get elsewhere. Includes links to other i... Sources LibraryAcupuncture, Magic, and Make-Believe Ulett, George A. 2003 Traditional Chinese acupuncture is an archaic procedure of inserting needles through the skin over imaginary channels in accord with rules developed from pre-scientific superstition and numerological ... Alternative medicine Sources Select Resources Encyclopedia Alternative medicine is any practice that is put forward as having the healing effects of medicine but is not based on evidence gathered using the scientific method. It consists of a wide range of hea... Magical Thinking in Complementary and Alternative Medicine Phillips, Stevens Jr. 2001 Homeopathy and other popular therapies demonstrate ancient and universal principles of magical thinking, which some recent research suggests are fundamental to human cognition, even rooted in neurobio... Medicine Wars Will Alternative and Mainstream Medicine Ever Be Friends Seidman, Barry F. 2001 In the wake of dozens of new and complementary medicines flooding both the marketplace and some hospitals, which path will medicine take? Why Bogus Therapies Seem to Work At least ten kinds of errors and biases can convince intelligent, honest people Beyerstein, Barry 1997 At least ten kinds of errors and biases can convince intelligent, honest people that cures have been achieved when they have not. From the Connexions ArchivesQuackwatch Website Purpose is to combat health-related frauds, myths, fads, and fallacies. Its primary focus is on quackery-related information that is difficult or impossible to get elsewhere. Includes links to other i... The Skeptic's Dictionary Website A Collection of Strange Beliefs, Amusing Deceptions, and Dangerous Delusions. |
