Complementary and Alternative Health Care

Another addition to the useful British Library’s How to Find Information series. This one starts with a definition of complementary and alternative health care. Complementary treatments are those like osteopathy that can be used in conjunction with standard western medicine, and alternative are those like homeopathy that cannot easily be used in conjunction with it. Printed sources mentioned include general guides, directories and specific texts. Useful sources of consumer health guides are indicated. Some key journals are described. Electronic sources described include Medline, the BL’s AMED, NAPRALERT and AcuBase, but the book does not provide details of where to obtain...