Complementary and Alternative Medicine - Useful links

Research organizations

http://www.holisticboard.org
ABIHM (American Board of Integrative Holistic Medicine, Duluth, Minnesota, USA)

http://www.imconsortium.org
CAHCIM (Consortium of Academic Health Centers for Integrative Medicine - Co-ordinator: Janet Polli, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA)

http://www.champ-info.de
CHAMP (Charité Ambulanz für Prävention und Integrative Medizin, Berlin - Director: Prof. Dr. Stefan N. Willich)

http://charite.de/epidemiologie/german/projekte/EICCAM.html
EICCAM (European Information Center on Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Berlin - Director: Prof. Dr. Claudia Witt)

http://www.eitam.eu
EITAM  (European Initiative of Asian Medicine, Heidelberg - Dr.med. Walburg Maric-Oehler)

http://www.cam-research-group.co.uk
Complementary and Integrated Medicine Research Unit (University of Southampton, United Kingdom, Director: Dr. George Lewith)

http://gamed.or.at
GAMED (Wiener Internationale Akademie für Ganzheitsmedizin, Vienna, Austria)

http://homeoinst.org
HRI (Homeopathic Research Institute, St Athan, Barry, United Kingdom, Director: Dr. Alexander L. Tournier)

http://www.iccrinfo.info
ICCR (International Collaboration for Complementary Therapy Resources - Co-ordinator: Dr. Thomas Ostermann, Univerversity of Witten-Herdecke)

http://www.incamresearch.ca
IN-CAM (Canadian Interdisciplinary Network for CAM Research,  - Co-ordinators: Dr. Heather Boon, Dr. Marja Verhoef)

http://www.iscmr.org
ISCMR (International Society for Complementary Medicine Research, Ann Arbor - Director: Dr. Harald Walach)

http://www.kikom.unibe.ch
KIKOM (Kollegiale Instanz für Komplementärmedizin, University of Bern, Switzerland)

http://www.kufab.dk/english.htm
KUFAB (Interdisciplinary CAM research at the University of Copenhagen)

http://uit.no/nafkam/omnafkam
NAFKAM (National Research Center in Complementary and Alternative Medicine, University of Tromso , Norway - Director: Vinjar Fønnebø )

http://nationalcenterforhomeopathy.org
NCH (National Center for Homeopathy, Alexandria (VA), USA - Sharon Stevenson)

http://nccam.nih.gov
NCCAM (National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, London, United Kingdom - Director: Josephine P. Briggs)

http://www.nifab.no
NIFAB (National Information Center for CAM, Norway - Chief of information: Ola Lillenes, Director: Vinjar Fønnebø )

http://norphcam.org
NORPHCAM (Network of Researchers in the Public Health of Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Director: Jon Adams, Australia)

http://www.cancer.gov./cam
OCCAM (Office of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, USA)

http://ki.se/ki/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=17226&l=en
OCIM (Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden)

http://www.rccm.org.uk
RCCAM (Research Council for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, London, United Kingdom)

http://www.siib.org
Samueli Institute, Alexandria, Virginia, USA

http://www.vifab.dk
ViFAB (Knowledge and Research Center for Alternative Medicine, Denmark)

http://www.muemo.med.tu-muenchen.de
ZMF (Zentrum für naturheilkundliche Forschung der II.Medizinischen Klinik und Poliklinik der Technischen Universität München, Director: Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. Dieter Melchart)


Patient-oriented organizations

http://www.aeha-buendnis.de
AEHA (Anwenderbündnis zum Erhalt homöopathischer Arzneimittel, Karlsruhe, Germany)

http://www.anme.info
ANME (Association of Natural Medicine in Europe e.V., Europäisches Netzwerk für Naturheilkunde und komplementäre Heilverfahren - CAM, Schöneck, Germany)

http://www.efhpa.com
EFHPA (European Federation of Homeopathic Patients' Associations, Brussels, Belgium)

http://www.efpam.org
EFPAM (European Federation of Patients' Associations for Anthroposophic Medicine, The Netherlands)


Doctors' associations

http://www.dialogforum-pluralismusindermedizin.de
Dialogforum Pluralismus in der Medizin, Berlin, Germany

http://www.dzvhae.com/portal/loader.php?org=1113&seite=Index
DZVHÄ (Deutscher Zentralverein Homöopathischer Ärzte, Bonn and Berlin, Germany)

http://www.homeopathyeurope.org
ECH (European Committee for Homeopathy, Brussels, Belgium )

http://www.ecpm.org
ECPM (European Council for Plurality in Medicine, Basel, Switzerland)

http://www.efcam.eu
EFCAM (European Forum for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Brussels, Belgium)

http://www.icmart.org
ICMART (International Council for Medical Acupuncture and Related Techniques, Den Haag, The Netherlands)

http://www.medsektion-goetheanum.org/?p=3
IKAM (Medical Section of the School of Spiritual Science at the Goetheanum, International Coordination, Dornach, Switzerland)

http://www.ivaa.info
IVAA (International Federation of Anthroposophic Medical Associations, Dornach, Switzerland)

http://www.zaen.de
ZAEN (Zentralverband der Ärzte für Naturheilverfahren und Regulationsmedizin e.V., Freudenstadt, Germany)


Libraries and databases

http://cambase.de
CAMBASE (Database of CAM literature at the university chair of medical theory and complementary medicine of the University of Witten/Herdecke, Germany)

http://www.cam.nhs.uk
CAMLIS (Complementary and Alternative Medicine Library and Information Service, London, United Kingdom)

http://ech-gas.vps.proteon.nl/about-ech/subcommittees/documentation
Documentation Subcommittee (organized within the framework of the European Committee for Homeopathy (ECH)). Available via this website: Lists of homeopathic resources, dissertations and journals, International Guide of Homeopathic Documentation Resources, Homeopathic Thesaurus (availabe in four languages)

http://hominform.soutron.com
HOMINFORM - Database of homeopathic scientific literature (British Homeopathic Library, Glasgow, Scotland)

http://www.igm-bosch.de/content/language1/html/10343.asp
Specialist library on the history of homeopathy, Institute of History in Medicine, Robert Bosch Foundation, Stuttgart, Germany. Catalogue accessible via electronic database search.

http://nccam.nih.gov/research/camonpubmed
CAM database section in PubMed

http://www.naturaldatabase.com
Natural Medicine Comprehensive Database. Enables search for evidence-based information on plants, substances, dietary supplements etc. <