| ich complementary and alternative medical journals | | | | scientists and CAM researchers, 3. Healthcare |
| are you reading? Some of the names may sound the | | | | managers and 4. Patients. |
| same but there are important differences. | | | | Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine |
| This comprehensive list of complementary and | | | | - For Naturopathic and complementary and alternative |
| alternative medical journals may help you to decide | | | | practices but less applicable to general practice |
| which ones would best serve your practice: | | | | (indexed on Pubmed) |
| | | | - Observational and analytical reports on treatments |
| 1. Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice | | | | outside the realm of allopathic medicine, which are |
| - For Naturopathic and complementary and alternative | | | | gaining interest and warranting research to assess |
| general practices (indexed on Pubmed) | | | | their therapeutic value. |
| - Formerly known as Complementary Therapies in | | | | - Current concepts in clinical care, including case |
| Nursing and Midwifery. | | | | reports that will be valuable for health care |
| - Internationally referenced. | | | | professionals and scientists who are seeking to |
| - Meets the broad ranging needs of the healthcare | | | | evaluate and integrate these therapies into patient |
| profession in the effective and professional | | | | care protocols and research strategies. |
| integration of complementary therapies within clinical | | | | Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative |
| practice. | | | | Medicine (eCAM) |
| - Provides rigorous peer reviewed papers addressing | | | | - For Naturopathic and complementary and alternative |
| research, implementation of CIM in the clinical setting, | | | | practices but less applicable to general practice |
| legal and ethical concerns, evaluative accounts of | | | | (indexed on Pubmed) |
| therapy in practice, philosophical analysis of emergent | | | | - Internationally peer-reviewed. |
| social trends in CIM, excellence in clinical judgment, | | | | - Seeks to understand the sources and to encourage |
| best practice, problem management, therapy | | | | rigorous research in this new, yet ancient world of |
| information, policy development and management of | | | | complementary and alternative medicine. |
| change in order to promote safe and efficacious | | | | - Applies scientific rigor to the study of |
| clinical practice. | | | | complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) |
| Alternative Medicine Review | | | | modalities, particularly traditional Asian healing |
| - For Naturopathic and complementary and alternative | | | | systems. |
| general practices (indexed on Pubmed) | | | | - Emphasizes health outcome, while documenting |
| - Open access. | | | | biological mechanisms of action. |
| - Publishes literature reviews, original research, editorial | | | | - Devoted to the advancement of science in basic |
| comment, monographs and book reviews on topics | | | | research, clinical studies, methodology and scientific |
| relevant to CAM patients. | | | | theory in diverse areas of biomedical sciences. |
| BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine | | | | Integrative Medicine: A Clinician's Journal (IMCJ) |
| - For Naturopathic and complementary and alternative | | | | - For Naturopathic and complementary and alternative |
| general practices (indexed on Pubmed) | | | | general practices (not indexed on Pubmed) |
| - Open access. | | | | - Provides practitioners with a practical and |
| - Publishes original peer-reviewed research articles in | | | | comprehensive approach to integrating alternative |
| interventions and resources that complement or | | | | therapies with conventional medicine. |
| replace conventional therapies. | | | | - Published under the leadership of Joseph Pizzorno, |
| - Specific emphasis on research that explores the | | | | ND, Editor in Chief, a co-founder and former |
| biological mechanisms of action, as well as their | | | | president of Bastyr University. |
| efficacy, safety, costs, patterns of use and / or | | | | Alternative and Complementary Therapies |
| implementation. | | | | - For Naturopathic and complementary and alternative |
| - Evidence-based complementary and alternative | | | | general practices (not indexed on Pubmed) |
| medicine. | | | | - Provides the latest information on evaluating |
| Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine | | | | alternative therapies and integrating them into your |
| - For Naturopathic and complementary and alternative | | | | clinical practice. |
| general practices, also a good periodical for your | | | | - Topics include: botanical medicine, vitamins and |
| waiting room (indexed on Pubmed) | | | | supplements, nutrition and diet, mind-body medicine, |
| - Does not endorse any particular methodology but | | | | acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine, |
| promotes the evaluation and appropriate use of all | | | | ayurveda, indigenous medicine systems, homeopath, |
| effective approaches from the physical to the | | | | naturopathy, yoga and meditation, manual therapies, |
| transpersonal. | | | | energy medicine and spirituality and health. |
| - Publishes a variety of disciplined inquiry methods, | | | | Complementary Health Practice Review |
| including high-quality scientific research. | | | | - Less applicable to naturopathic and complementary |
| - Encourages the integration of alternative therapies | | | | and alternative general practices (not indexed on |
| with conventional medical practices in a way that | | | | Medline) |
| provides for a rational, individualized, comprehensive | | | | - One of the few resources that offers the cultural, |
| approach to healthcare. | | | | social, demographic, political, economic and legal |
| Complementary Therapies in Medicine | | | | implications of the use of alternative and |
| - For Naturopathic and complementary and alternative | | | | complementary therapies as well as original basic and |
| practices but less applicable to general practice | | | | applied research from a wide range of health and |
| (indexed on Pubmed) | | | | social science disciplines. |
| - Internationally peer-reviewed | | | | - Every issue examines significant topics and trends |
| - Offers considerable appeal to anyone who seeks | | | | that are shaping alternative and complementary |
| objective and critical information on alternative and | | | | health practice. |
| complementary therapies or who wishes to deepen | | | | - Original and peer-reviewed articles address |
| their understanding of these approaches. | | | | theoretical aspects of holistic health and discuss |
| - Relevant to: 1. Healthcare practitioners including | | | | educational, legal, legislative and policy developments |
| family practitioners, complementary therapists, nurses | | | | influencing evidence-based complementary and |
| and physiotherapists, 2. Academics including social | | | | alternative health practice. |