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Topic of the Month: Integrative Medicine & CAM

What is Integrative Medicine?

Integrative medicine “focuses on the whole person, is informed by evidence, and makes use of all appropriate therapeutic approaches, health care professionals and disciplines to achieve optimal health and healing. Simply stated, it combines state-of-the-art medical treatments with carefully selected evidence-based complementary therapies.” More
Source: Duke University

What is Complementary and Alternative Medicine?

Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), is defined as "a group of diverse medical and health care systems, practices, and products that are not presently considered to be part of conventional medicine....The list of what is considered to be CAM changes continually, as those therapies that are proven to be safe and effective become adopted into conventional health care and as new approaches to health care emerge." More
Source: NCCAM, National Institutes of Health
               MedlinePlus, National Library of Medicine

Library Resources

The following databases and E-Books provide access to information in Integrated Medicine and CAM.

Natural Standard
Founded by clinicians and researchers at Harvard Medical School and the University of California, Natural Standard© provides quality, evidence-based information about complementary and alternative therapies and includes contributors from more than 100 eminent academic institutions world-wide.

Allied & Complementary Medicine (AMED)
AMED is a unique bibliographic database produced by the Health Care Information Service of the British Library. It covers a selection of journals in complementary medicine, palliative care, and several professions allied to medicine.

Health and Wellness Resource Center: Alternative Health Module
The Alternative Health Module combines a broad range of reference and periodical content supplemented by Web sites, pamphlets, news and other content.

Rakel: Integrative Medicine, 2nd ed

This manual provides information to safely and effectively integrate complementary and alternative treatment modalities into clinical practice. It presents integrative treatments for a full range of diseases and conditions, including autism, stroke, chronic fatigue syndrome, and various forms of cancer.

For further assistance with your research or to set up group/ individual training sessions with these databases, please contact Nalini Mahajan at (630) 909- 7092 or e-mail at library@marianjoy.org.

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