Handbook of Complementary, Alternative, and Integrative Medicine

Six volumes combine to make up the Handbook of Complementary, Alternative, and Integrative Medicine: Education, Practice and Research, which describes the education, practice, and research related issues of complementary, alternative, and integrative medicine; and its efficacy and safety in treating diseases and health conditions. Further the volumes review integrative medicine around the world to share the best practice and experiences in terms of education, practice and research; and identify the challenges and suggest recommendations to overcome the identified challenges. The 20 chapters of Volume 3 focus on complementary, alternative, and integrative medicine research related issues. It begins with a history of complementary, alternative, and integrative alternative medicine research and continues with coverage of the different research issues such as Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) research importance, plan, proposal, fund, ethical issues, study designs, methods, advantages and disadvantages for each method, best practices in CAM research, and publications. Key Features: Describes the complementary, alternative, and integrative medicine research related issues Describes the complementary and alternative medicine importance, plan and fund issues. Describes the complementary, alternative, and integrative medicine research methodology with examples. Describes the challenges of complementary, alternative, and integrative medicine research and suggest recommendations to overcome the challenges.