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