Complementary therapy reading list
This page gives details of a selection of books and leaflets about complementary therapies. There is information about
You can find a list of books about cancer, treatments, and living with cancer on our general reading list.
Oxford Handbook of Complementary Medicine
Professor Edzard Ernst
Oxford University Press, USA, 2008
ISBN: 0199206775
This book gives evidence-based information about complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in an easily accessible way. It is aimed at helping hospital doctors, GPs, nurses, medical students and other healthcare professionals to advise patients about these treatments but will be of interest to many patients. It discusses the many issues surrounding the use of complementary and alternative therapies.
Complete Guide to Complementary and Alternative Cancer Therapies (2nd Edition)
American Cancer Society, 2009
ISBN: 0944235719
This guide from the American Cancer Society gives detailed information about more than 200 complementary and alternative therapies, based on the best medical evidence available.
Understanding Complementary Medicine
Dr George Lewith
Family Doctor Publications Ltd in association with British Medical Association, 2004
ISBN 1903474051
This book provides an overview of the most commonly used therapies. You can also read a sample chapter online on the Family Doctor Books website.
The “Which?” Guide to Complementary Medicine
Rowlands, Barbara
Which? Ltd, 2006
A useful guide with information on a wide range of complementary treatments.
To order phone Which? on: 01903 828557 or email at mailorders@lbsltd.co.uk
Cancer at your fingertips (3rd edition)
Val Speechley and Maxine Rosenfield
Class Publishing, March 2001
ISBN 1859590365
Paperback edition £14.99 (plus £3 p&p)
Facts about cancer and cancer treatments set out in question and answer form. Includes information on complementary therapies.
The Directory of Complementary Therapies
Shealy, CN (consultant editor)
My Press Ltd 2000
ISBN 070543205X
This is a very good general guide to the principles, uses, benefits and precautions for many of the commonly used complementary therapies.
From Macmillan Cancer Support
Cancer and complementary therapies (also on audiotape)
Directory of Complementary Therapy Services in UK Cancer Care
From The Prince of Wales’s Foundation for Integrated Health
Complementary Healthcare: a guide for patients
You can download this guide from the Foundation’s website
From Breast Cancer Care
Complementary therapies
You can download the guide from the Breast cancer Care website
Although these journals are generally aimed at health professionals working in the complementary therapy field, you may find it useful to know what is available.
Complementary Therapies in Medicine
Published 4 times a year, this journal is a valuable resource for people seeking information about the use of complementary therapies./P>
The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine
Published twice a month, this journal includes reports on complementary and alternative therapies that are of interest or are being researched.
Integrative Cancer Therapies
This journal reports on the scientific understanding of alternative and complementary therapies.
General medical journals also publish literature about research into complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). Our page on finding further information on complementary and alternative therapies has more information about these journals.
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