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CAM Books|E-Books

ABC of Complementary Medicine [E-Book] by Catherine Zollman (Editor); Janet Richardson (Editor); Andrew J. Vickers (Editor)
ISBN: 140513657X
Publication Date: 2008-07-29
Essentials of Chinese Medicine [Book & E-Book] by Zhanwen Liu
Call Number: WB 55 C4 E786e 2009 NJMHSL
ISBN: 1848821123
Publication Date: 2010-01-01
3 volume set
Herbal Drugs: Ethnomedicine to Modern Medicine [E-Book] by K.G. Ramawat
ISBN: 3540791167
Publication Date: 2009
Herbal Products [Book & E-Book] by Timothy S. Tracy (Editor); Richard L. Kingston; Richard L. Kingston (Editor)
Call Number: QV 766 H5347h2 2007 Multiple Locations
ISBN: 1597453838
Publication Date: 2006-12-01

CAM & Cancer

Evidence-based anticancer materia medica [E-Book]
Cho, William C. S.
Complementary Therapy [Oncolink]
"A guide to help you navigate the realm of complementary and alternative medicine with tips and warnings on treatments such as herbals, vitamins, chemicals, diet, meditation, massage, acupuncture, and body-mind therapy."
Supportive cancer care with Chinese medicine [E-Book]
Cho, William C. S.
The complete guide to complementary therapies in cancer care [Book]
Call number QZ 266 C345c 2011 NJMHSL
Integrative oncology: incorporating complementary medicine into conventional cancer care [E-Book]
Complementary & Alternative Medicine - National Cancer Institute
Complementary & Alternative Therapies - Canadian Cancer Society

CAM Journals

African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines
Alternative Medicine Review
BMC complementary and alternative medicine
Complementary Health Practice Review
Complementary or Alternative Medicine
Provides information on complementary or alternative medicine focused at consumers. Published by Harvard Health Publications Group.
Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice
Complementary Therapies in Medicine
Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine (eCAM)
Integrative medicine
Journal of alternative and complementary medicine
Journal of traditional chinese medicine
Journal of traditional medicines
Mind/body medicine
Seminars in integrative medicine

CAM Databases

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Traditional Knowledge Digital Library

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News

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Associations

Government Resources

Complementary & Alternative Health - PHAC
Natural Health Products Directorate - Health Canada
Complementary & Alternative Research & Education (CARE)
Complementary and Alternative Research and Education (CARE), launched in 2003 at the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Alberta, is Canada’s first academic pediatric integrative medicine program.

Policy & Regulation

Unnatural regulation: complementary and alternative medicine policy in Canada [E-Book]
Complementary and alternative medicine in Canada: trends in use and public attitudes, 1997-2006 [E-Book]
Esmail, Nadeem.
Natural Health Product Tracking Survey (2010) | Ipsos Reid [PDF]
Prepared for Health Canada and an update to a similar study done in 2005, the intention is to track the evolution of relevant attitudes and beliefs in the Canadian population.

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