BOOKS
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Choices in Healing: Integrating the Best of Conventional and Complementary Approaches to Cancer by Michael Lerner
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Full Catastrophe Living by Jon Kabat-Zin
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Minding the Body, Mending the Mind by Joan Borysenko
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Alternative Medicine Handbook by Barrie Cassileth
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Alternative Medicine: The Definitive Guide by Burton Goldberg
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Spontaneous Healing by Andrew Weil
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Fundamentals of Complementary and Alternative Medicine by M. Micozzi
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Living Beyond Limits by David Spiegel
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Wherever You Go, There You Are by Jon Kabat-Zin
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Love and Survival: The Scientific Basis for the Healing Power of Intimacy by Dean Omish
WEBSITES
American Cancer Society
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/ETO/ETO_5.asp
This site provides general information on complementary medicine. This includes definitions, resources, articles, and other websites.
Commonweal Cancer Project
http://www.commonweal.org/pubs/choices-healing.html
The Commonweal web page provides information on specific resources that include the credible Choices in Healing text by Michael Lerner, Herbal Therapies for Cancer, Recent Research Reports,etc., and other links.
National Cancer Institute's Office of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine
http://www3.cancer.gov/occam
This NCI website provides credible information on specific types of complementary and alternative therapies (for example: Shark Cartilage, Gerson Therapy, Laetrile, etc.)
National Institutes of Health-National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
http://nccam.nih.gov/
The NCCAM website provides information about this federal program and how it is organized. It includes news and events, research grant information, and educational resources.
The University of Texas Center for Complementary/Integrative Medicine Research in Cancer Center
http://www.mdanderson.org/departments/CIMER
This website includes information on the alternative medicine program at the University of Texas. It also includes links to other resources and a review of current therapies.
Quackwatch
http://www.quackwatch.com/
Long-time health fraud fighter Stephen Barrett, MD and others maintain this site. One section is a review of the backgrounds and practice histories of many of the popular practitioners who promote alternative treatments.
As with all complementary therapies, individuals considering a therapy should talk to their doctor to avoid harmful interactions with current medications and treatments.
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