Clinical research in complementary therapies : principles, problems and solutions / edited by George T. Lewith, Wayne B. Jonas, Harald Walach.

Edinburgh : Churchill Livingstone, 2001.

xiv, 376 pages : illustrations

Ch. 1. Balanced research strategies for complementary and alternative medicine -- Ch. 2. The role of outcomes research in evaluating complementary and alternative medicine -- Ch. 3. Inspiration and perspiration: what every researcher needs to know before they start -- Ch. 4. Possible research strategies for evaluating CAM interventions -- Ch. 5. Evaluating complementary medicine: lessons to be learned from evaluation research -- Ch. 6. Improving patient care in complementary medicine: using clinical audit -- Ch. 7. The placebo effect in complementary medicine -- Ch. 8. Conducting multicenter and large trials in complementary and alternative medicine -- Ch. 9. The importance of patient selection -- Ch. 10. Investigating the safety of complementary medicine -- Ch. 11. Systematic reviews and metaanalyses -- Ch. 12. Economic evaluation of complementary therapies -- Ch. 13. Herbal medicine -- Ch. 14. Homeopathy -- Ch. 15. Manual therapies -- Ch. 16. Massage therapy research methods -- Ch. 17. Research aspects of environmental medicine -- Ch. 18. Acupuncture research methodology -- Ch. 19. Research methodology for studies prayer and distant healing -- Ch. 20. Clinical research in naturopathic medicine.

Includes bibliographical references and index.