Book Review: Clinical Research in Complementary and Integrative Medicine: A Practical Training Book
| Autor: | Sharon Patricia Burton |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Astronomer business.industry Training course media_common.quotation_subject Professional development Alternative medicine Shame Subject (documents) General Medicine Training (civil) Complementary and alternative medicine medicine Engineering ethics Neurology (clinical) Integrative medicine business media_common |
| Zdroj: | Acupuncture in Medicine. 29:319-320 |
| ISSN: | 1759-9873 0964-5284 |
| DOI: | 10.1136/acupmed-2011-010097 |
| Popis: | Clinical research in complementary and integrative medicine: a practical training book Claudia M Witt, Klaus Linde. Published by Elsevier, Munich, September 2011, £53.99. ISBN: 978-0-7020-3476-3. > “Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.” Dr Carl Sagan, American astronomer, writer and scientist. 1934–1996 Planning and managing a research project can seem like a daunting undertaking, especially as we have little exposure to the techniques required for success during our professional training. It would be tempting to leave the research to those who find their career paths progressing into the world of laboratories and clinical trials. This seems a shame as there may be many of us who could provide interesting and important contributions, if we had a little help to start us off! With rising use of complementary and alternative treatments by the public, and little in the way of good clinical evidence to support, or indeed, fund it, it seems like a good time to encourage more professionals and practitioners to discover their ‘inner scientist’, and learn the art of a conducting a good and fruitful research project. So where do we start? Clinical Research In Complementary and Integrative Medicine, A Practical Training Book (CM Witt, K Linde) is a book written for this very purpose. The authors are experienced researchers, and having also established their own summer research training course in 2007, are ideally placed to educate us on this subject. This is neatly done in a … |
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