Complementary Therapies

•   BioMed Central Online Article - Use of complementary/alternative therapies by women with advanced-stage breast cancer; Joannie Shen, Ronald Andersen, Paul S Albert, Neil Wenger, John Glaspy, Melissa Cole, Paul Shekelle ; BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2002, 2:8 (13 August 2002)
•   National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)
  
  "The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) is 1 of the 27 institutes and centers that make up the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The NIH is one of eight agencies under the Public Health Service (PHS) in the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS).
  Our mission is to support rigorous research on complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), to train researchers in CAM, and to disseminate information to the public and professionals on which CAM modalities work, which do not, and why."
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  • National Cancer Institute PDQ® Cancer Information Summaries: Complementary and Alternative Medicine
  • NCI Fact Sheet: Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Cancer Treatment: Questions and Answers
  • Complementary and Alternative Medicine
  • Office of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine (OCCAM)
    
    "The Office of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine (OCCAM) was established in October 1998 to coordinate and enhance the activities of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) in the arena of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM)."
•   The Prince of Wales's Foundation for Integrated Health
  • National Guidelines for the Use of Complementary Therapies in Supportive and Palliative Care
  • Complementary Healthcare: a guide for patients  

• Creative Care For Children At Home: A Palliative Music Therapy Initiative Ruth Roberts, MMT and Penny Sparling, MSW, RSW, MTA
•   Music Therapy Association of British Columbia- Music Therapy in Palliative Care

•   Therapeutic Recreation Directory: The Relationship Between Therapeutic Recreation And Palliation In The Treatment Of The Advanced Cancer Patient

•   Aromacaring - Using aromatherapy and massage in palliative care