Alternative Medicine: Expanding Medical Horizons. A Report to the National Institutes of Health on Alternative Medical Systems and Practices in the United StatesU.S. Government Printing Office, 1994 - 372 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 66
Page xliv
... double - blind , placebo - controlled , random- ized clinical trials , whereas implementation of new surgical techniques may at times be done without any controlled trials at all ( Eddy , 1990 ) . • The " one true " medical profession ...
... double - blind , placebo - controlled , random- ized clinical trials , whereas implementation of new surgical techniques may at times be done without any controlled trials at all ( Eddy , 1990 ) . • The " one true " medical profession ...
Page 4
... double - blind studies to estimate and factor out the physical effects of patients ' beliefs and expectations . When the term mind - body is used in this report , therefore , there is no implication that an object or thing - the mind ...
... double - blind studies to estimate and factor out the physical effects of patients ' beliefs and expectations . When the term mind - body is used in this report , therefore , there is no implication that an object or thing - the mind ...
Page 24
... double - blind procedures , and adequate fol- lowup . 3. Broad clinical trials on large patient popula- tions under ordinary conditions , to determine the effectiveness of the treatment in conditions other than unusually favorable ones ...
... double - blind procedures , and adequate fol- lowup . 3. Broad clinical trials on large patient popula- tions under ordinary conditions , to determine the effectiveness of the treatment in conditions other than unusually favorable ones ...
Page 34
... double - blind methodology equally appropriate for physi- cally and for mentally - spiritually based therapies ? • How can the public be protected from fraudu- lent or misguided mental " healers " ? Is it pos- sible to establish a ...
... double - blind methodology equally appropriate for physi- cally and for mentally - spiritually based therapies ? • How can the public be protected from fraudu- lent or misguided mental " healers " ? Is it pos- sible to establish a ...
Page 50
... double - blind clinical trials ( Barker et al . , 1984 ; Sharrard , 1990 ) . A conservative esti- mate is that as of 1985 more than 100,000 people had been treated with such devices ( Bassett et al . , 1974 , 1982 ; Brighton et al ...
... double - blind clinical trials ( Barker et al . , 1984 ; Sharrard , 1990 ) . A conservative esti- mate is that as of 1985 more than 100,000 people had been treated with such devices ( Bassett et al . , 1974 , 1982 ; Brighton et al ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
acid activity acupuncture alternative medicine American Antineoplastons Apitherapy applications approach arthritis assessment Association asthma Ayurvedic beta-carotene Bioelectromagnetics biofeedback biofield biological blood pressure body cancer cells chemical Chinese chiropractic chronic Clin clinical trials conventional database developed diet dietary disorders double-blind drugs effects efficacy electromagnetic evaluation example factors field function guidelines healers healing heart disease herbal medicine herbs homeopathic human hypnosis illness immune improve Institute intake interventions investigation Journal levels macrobiotic macrobiotic diet magnesium magnetic massage therapy medi medical practices meditation ment mental methods mind-body Mind-Body Interventions National naturopathic Naturopathic Medicine nutrition osteopathic outcomes pain patients Pavek percent person Ph.D physical physicians placebo potential practitioners programs qigong reduce risk scientific specific studies symptoms techniques therapeutic therapeutic touch therapists tion tional tissue tive toxicity traditional treat treatment tumor United vegetarian vitamin vitamin E