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ISBN 10: 1134209126
ISBN 13: 9781134209125 
Author: Jon Adams

Researching Complementary and Alternative Medicine provides a valuable and timely resource for those looking to understand, initiate and expand CAM research. This collection brings together leading international CAM researchers with backgrounds and expertise in a variety of areas including health social science, qualitative methodology, general practice, health services research and public health. Drawing upon their own research work and experience, the contributors explain and review core methods and research issues pertinent to contemporary CAM and its future development. Topics discussed include: the use and limitation of evidence in CAM research the issues facing practitioners (GPs, therapists, nurses, etc) who wish to conduct research how and why qualitative methods should be combined alongside quantitative methods to help explore CAM how the randomised control trial (RCT) method relates to CAM the future direction of CAM research in terms of public health and policy-related agendas. Researching Complementary and Alternative Medicine is essential reading for students, academics and researchers in CAM, health studies, medicine, nursing, medical sociology and public health. It will also appeal to CAM and allied health practitioners.

Researching Complementary and Alternative Medicine 1st Table of contents:

Part I: Methods in Practice

1. Qualitative Methods in CAM Research

   • A Focus Upon Narratives, Prayer, and Spiritual Healing
   • Introduction to Qualitative Research and Health Definitions
   • Context and Meaning in Health-Care Narratives
   • Anecdotes and Healing Language
   • Multiple Perspectives and Constructed Meanings
   • Research Techniques: Participant Observation, Narrative Analysis, Ethnographic Studies, Phenomenology, Grounded Theory
   • Challenges in Researching Prayer and Spiritual Healing
   • Conclusion

2. Systematic Reviews and CAM

   • Importance and Rigorous Methods in Systematic Reviews
   • Identifying Relevant Trials and Data Sources
   • Challenges: Language Exclusion, Methodological Quality, Meta-Analysis
   • CAM-Specific Issues: Treatment Adequacy, Practitioner Qualifications, Safety
   • Summary

3. Utilising Existing Data Sets for CAM Consumption Research

   • Examples of Cohort Studies: WHA and HUNT
   • Advantages and Limitations of Existing Data Sets
   • Statistical Challenges: Missing Data, Multiperiod Analysis
   • Conclusion

4. Towards the Application of RCTs for CAM

   • RCTs in CAM Research: Practical and Methodological Challenges
   • Paradigm Clashes and Research Question Types
   • Comparator Selection, Double Blinding, and Outcome Measures
   • Conclusions

5. Combining Qualitative Methods and RCTs in CAM Intervention Research

   • Degrees of Methodological Integration
   • Benefits of Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Research
   • Examples of Combined Methods Research:
     • Living with HIV
     • Holistic Outcomes of TCM Acupuncture
     • Mindfulness for Nurse Stress
     • Breathing Therapy for Chronic Low Back Pain
   • Challenges and Barriers

Part II: Issues from the Field

6. Evidence and CAM Research

   • Challenges in Employing Evidence in CAM
   • Redefining CAM and Barriers to Evidence
   • Treatment Decisions Beyond Evidence

7. The Practitioner as Researcher

   • Building Research Capacity Among CAM Practitioners
   • Lessons from the Norwegian Experience
   • Multidisciplinary Team Challenges

8. Public Health and CAM

   • Overlap and Dissonance in CAM and Public Health
   • Case Studies: Immunisation Resistance, Indigenous Healing
   • Research Issues in Public Health Applications

9. Involving the Consumer in CAM Research

   • Definition and Importance of Consumer Involvement
   • Findings from Contemporary Studies: Collaboration, Consultation, User-Led Research
   • Benefits, Costs, and Challenges of Consumer Involvement
   • Enhancing Consumer Participation

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