JEFFSelects: Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Major Subject Gateways (directories of links)

• The Alternative Medicine HomePage (Univ. of Pittsburgh)
  Compiled and well-annotated by librarians at the University of Pittsburgh, with a special section for Pennsylvania resources. Sections include practitioner directories, Internet resources grouped by disease or condition, mailing lists and newsgroups, and government information. Geared mainly to the health consumer, but useful to practitioners & students.
  
  
• Ask NOAH About: Complementary and Alternative Medicine (New York Online Access to Health)
  New York Online Access to Health (NOAH) is a project of the New York Academy of Medicine in partnership with other New York libraries, universities and institutions. NOAH's alternative medicine section is diverse and well-organized, but entries are not annotated.
  
  
• healthfinder® Alternative Medicine (U.S. DHHS)
  Compiled by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, this service provides links to fact sheets, reports, and university and foundation resources as well as government agencies involved with health promotion and alternative therapies.
  
  
• HealthWWWeb
  Provided by the Integrative Medical Arts Group, HealthWWWeb provides resources, forums and current news for healthcare practitioners, as well as links to Internet sites in a broad spectrum of alternative therapies. Includes a substantial list of organizations.
  
  
• MEDLINEPlus Alternative Medicine (NLM)
  Provided by the National Library of Medicine, MEDLINEPlus provides links from all the National Institutes, as well as disease-related associations and foundations.
  
  
  
• Several of the major search engines offer directories for Alternative Medicine:
• Alta Vista: Health/Alternative
• Google: Alternative Health
• Lycos: Health/Alternative
• Yahoo! Guide to Alternative Medicine

• Medical Comprehensive Subject Indexes
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