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  • National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)
    NCCAM is the Federal Government's lead agency for scientific research on CAM. NCCAM is one of the 27 institutes and centers that make up the National Institutes of Health (NIH) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

  • Office of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine (OCCAM)
    As an office of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) at the NIH, OCCAM is responsible for NCI's research agenda in CAM pertaining exclusively to cancer prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and symptom management.

  • The Consortium of Academic Health Centers for Integrative Medicine
    The Consortium currently includes 44 highly esteemed academic medical centers in the US and Canada. The mission of the Consortium is to advance the principles and practices of integrative healthcare within academic institutions. The Consortium provides its institutional membership with a community of support for their academic missions and a collective voice for influencing change.
    Visit the Consortium website to find out about the different programs in Integrative Medicine at these major academic institutions.

  • The International Society for Complementary Medicine Research
    The Society is a worldwide not-for-profit professional association whose objective it to foster collaborative research and development as well as the advancement of knowledge in CAM and integrative medicine.

  • Georgetown University Medical Center
    The Georgetown University School of Medicine offers an elective course focused on learning Mind-Body-Medicine skills. The course articulates self-awareness and self-care in order to help students maintin a balance between the intellectual, emotional, physical social and spiritual aspects of their lives. All these skills are fundamental to personal growth that translates into compassion and empathy in medical care.

  • The CAM library resource guide at Georgetown University School of Medicine

  • The Lomabrdi Comprehensive Cancer Center
    The Arts and Humanities Program is housed at the Lomabrdi Comprehensive Cancer Center at Georgetown University Medical Center. It promotes an optimum life experience for people with cancer, their family members and medical caregivers. The arts in all forms are introduced as tools for coping through self expression.


    • Journals

  • Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine
  • Complementary Therapies in Medicine
  • The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine
  • eCAM - Evidence Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
  • European Journal of Integrative Medicine
  • Integrative Cancer Therapies
  • Medical Acupuncture
  • FACT - Focus on Alternative and Complementary    Therapies
  • Explore: The Journal of Science and Healing
  • Forschende Komplementaermedizin/Research in Complementary Medicine
  • Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice


    • Web-based Resources

  • Natural Standard (For off-campus access, use Georgetown University sign in)
  • American Botanical Council
  • IN-CAM Outcomes Database (The Canadian Interdisciplinary Network on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Research)
  • Medline Plus


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