Finding Research Information
There are many places to find information about research and doing research. The internet has a mine of useful information, once you know where to look.
INTERNET SITES AND SEARCH ENGINES:
Research Council for Complementary Medicine http://nccam.nih.gov
National Centre for Complementary & Alternative Medicine (USA) http://www.nccam.nih.gov
British Complementary Medical Association http://www.icmedicine.co.uk
Prince of Wales Foundation for Integrated Health http://www.fihealth.org.uk
Medline http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The Cochrane Collaberation http://www.cochrane.co.uk
Alternative Medicine Foundation (USA) http://www.amfoundation.org
USA National Institute of Health (NIS) National Centre for CAM (NCCAM) http://nccam.nih.gov
Reflexology Research Sites:
http://www.reflexology-research.com
http://www.pacificreflexology.com
International Society for Complementary Medicine Research http://iscmr.org
This is just a selection of available sites, there are many more. If you are aware of a good research related site, either for reserach in general, or for specific reflexology research, please e-mail the link to: education@reflexology.ie
There are also some excellent research books available. Two very good books are:
- Clinical Research in Complementary Therapies – Principals Problems and Solutions
Publ: Churchill Livingstone, 2002,
Ed: Lewith, Jonas, Walach,
Available through http://www.elsevierhealth.com - Research Methods for Clinical Therapists – Applied Project Design and Analysis,
Publ: Churchill Livingstone, 1999,
Ed: Carolyn Hicks,
Available through Elsevier Health