| The address of this page is: http://hsl.mcmaster.ca/tomflem/altmed.html Alternatives to therapies offered by allopathic medical practitioners are of great significance in health care right now. This first part of the Alternative Medicine section of Health Care Information Resources offers access to general resources on the WWW in Alternative Medicine. Immediately below are links to pages that are inclusive, or encyclopedic, in nature. These first links each offer access to multiple alternative medicine topics. Following these links to inclusive resources, you will find a growing list of very specific resources on single topics in alternative medicine. You are sure to find something of interest in one or the other of these two sections! Now, there is an online dictionary which can be consulted for critical explanations of terms used in alternative therapies! * The Expanded Dictionary of Metaphysical Healthcare: Alternative Medicine, Paranormal Healing, and Related Methods is the work of Jack Raso, M.S., R.D., a writer on many topics in the field of alternative medicine, who is also the Director of Publications at the American Council on Science. The compiler of this dictionary is not sympathetic to "alternative medicine" and the "definitions" offered can sound quite negative, at times. Click on the name underlined above for access to a dictionary you can consult for an intriduction to many of the unfamiliar terms related to alternative healthcare. The * Skeptic's Dictionary , compiled by Robert T. Carroll, a professor of Philosophy at Sacramento City College, also offers a critical approach to alternative health care topics. You can consult the whole dictionary by clicking on the name underlined above, or you can simply browse its collection of entries on | |
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