A ground-breaking collection of contemporary TCIM literature featuring respected research articles alongside fresh material. Bringing together the perspectives of a diverse range of international practitioners and academics, it provides essential guidance, insight and inspiration for those embarking upon study, practice or research in this field.

Introduction; J.Adams,  G.J.Andrews ,  J.Barnes ,  A.Broom  &  P.Magin PART I: UTILISATION: POPULATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS  Section I: Profile, Demographics and Motivations for Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use Introduction;  J.Adams ,  G.J.Andrews ,  J.Barnes ,  A.Broom  &  P.Magin   The Profile of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Users and Reasons for Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use;  G.J.Andrews ,  J.Adams ,  J.Segrott  &  C.W.Lui Relief, Risk and Renewal: Mixed Therapy Regimens in an Australian Suburb;  L.Connor Utilising Existing Data Sets to Investigate Complementary and Alternative Medicine Consumption;  D.Sibbritt  &  J.Adams Section II: Complementary and Alternative Medicine through the Life-cycle  Introduction;  J.Adams ,  G.J.Andrews ,  J.Barnes ,  A.Broom  &  P.Magin Women's Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine During Pregnancy;  J.Adams ,  C.W.Lui ,  D.Sibbritt ,  A.Broom ,  J.Wardle ,  C.Homer ,  A.Steel  &  S.Beck Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use amongst Infants, Children and Adolescents;  D.Adams ,  K.Kemper  &  S.Vohra 'Getting on with Life': The Experience of Older People using Complementary Health Care;  T.Cartwright Section III: Traditional, Complementary and Integrative Medicine and Disease Context  Introduction;  J.Adams ,  G.J.Andrews ,  J.Barnes ,  A.Broom  &  P.Magin Topical and Oral Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Acne;  P.Magin ,  J.Adams ,  D.Pond  &  W.Smith Patient Decision-making About Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Cancer Management;  L.Balneaves ,  L.Weeks  &  D.Seely   Mental Health and Complementary and Alternative Medicine;  J.Sarris  &  J.Lake Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use among HIV-positive People;  R.Littlewood  &  P.Vanable   Traditional, Complementary and Integrative Medicine and Well-being;  R.Harvey PART II: PRACTICE, PROVISION AND THE PROFESSIONAL INTERFACE Section IV: Traditional Medicine in Context Introduction;  J.Adams ,  G.J.Andrews ,  J.Barnes ,  A.Broom  &  P.Magin Bio-politics and the Promotion of Traditional Herbal Medicine in Vietnam;  A.Wahlberg The Inequalities of Medical Pluralism;  A.Broom ,  A.Doron  &  P.Tovey In the Presence of Biomedicine: Ayurveda, Medical Integration and Health Seeking in Mysore, South India;  T.Nisula Section V: Exploring the Complementary and Alternative Medicine-conventional Medicine Interface Introduction;  J.Adams ,  G.J.Andrews ,  J.Barnes ,  A.Broom  & B.Shelley,  A.Sussman ,  R.Williams ,  A.Segal  &  B.Crabtree  (on behalf of the RIOS Net Clinicians) The Ethics of Dietary Supplements and Natural Health Products in Pharmacy Practice;  H.Boon ,  K.Hirschkorn ,  G.Griener  &  M.Cali Nostalgic and Nostophobic Referencing and the Authentication of Nurses' Use of Complementary Therapies;  P.Tovey  &  J.Adams Section VI: Integrative Medicine  Introduction;  J.Adams ,  G.J.Andrews ,  J.Barnes ,  A.Broom  &  P.Magin Variations in Provider Conceptions of Integrative Medicine;  A.Hsiao ,  G.Ryan ,  R.Hays ,  I.Coulter ,  R.Anderson  &  N.Wenger Which Medicine? Whose Standard? Critical Reflections on Medical Integration in China;  R.Fan  &  I.Holliday Complementary and Alternative Medicine Education;  D.Rakel ,  M.Guerrera ,  B.Bayles ,  G.Desai  &  E.Ferrara PART III: KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION, RESEARCH DESIGN AND PERSPECTIVES Section VII: Evidence, Safety and Regulation Introduction;  J.Adams ,  G.J.Andrews ,  J.Barnes ,  A.Broom  &  P.Magin The Role of Evidence in Alternative Medicine;  C.Barry Researching Complementary and Alternative Treatments;  V.Fønnebø ,  S.Grimsgaard ,  H.Walach ,  C.Ritenbaugh ,  A.Norheim ,  H.MacPherson ,  G.Lewith ,  L.Launsø ,  M.Koithan ,  T.Falkenberg ,  H.Boon  &  M.Aickin Evidence Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Promises and Problems;  I.Coulter   Indirect Risks of Complementary and Alternative Medicine;  J.Wardle  &  J.Adams The Liberalisation of Regulatory Structure of Complementary and Alternative Medicine;  M.Weir Section VIII: Traditional, Complementary and Integrative Medicine in Perspective Introduction;  J.Adams ,  G.J.Andrews ,  J.Barnes ,  A.Broom  &  P.Magin The Geography of Complementary and Alternative Medicine;  G.J.Andrews ,  J.Segrott ,  C.W.Lui  &  J.Adams   Re-positioning the Role of Traditional Medicine as Essential Health Knowledge in Global Health?;  D.Hollenberg ,  D.Zakus ,  T.Cook  &  X.W.Xu   Review of Economic Methods Used in Complementary Medicine;  C.Doran ,  D.Chang ,  H.Kiat  &  A.Bensoussan Section IX: Future agendas: Key Debates and Themes Introduction;  J.Adams ,  G.J.Andrews ,  J.Barnes ,  A.Broom  &  P.Magin The Future of Integrative Medicine;  I.Coulter   The Challenges of Traditional, Complementary and Integrative Medicine Research;  J.Wardle  &  D.Seely Research Capacity Building in Traditional, Complementary and Integrative Medicine: Grass-roots Action towards a Broader Vision;  J.Adams ,  D.Sibbritt ,  A.Broom ,  J.Wardle ,  A.Steel ,  V.Murthy  &  J.Daley

'This wide-ranging international reader brings together a 'Who's Who' from contemporary Traditional, Complementary and Integrative Medicine (TCIM) fields, with abridged versions of papers that have helped shape the field, as well as exciting new chapters to help blaze a trail in developing an empirical, rigorous and critical approach to this emerging area of health and health care. Practitioners, students, researchers and policymakers from around the globe can now quickly become au fait with a vast and diverse TCIM knowledge from just one source. This reader is timely directing the field at a critical moment in the TCIM debate, and I recommend it wholeheartedly to all students and colleagues interested in this critical aspect of twenty first century health care.' - Damien Ridge MBACP PhD, Professor of Health Studies, University of Westminster, London, UK. 'The increasing popularity of traditional, complementary and integrative medicine presents unique challenges and opportunities for a wide range of disciplines and approaches seeking to shed light on this topic. This International Reader, edited by a stellar team of investigators, provides an illuminating overview of the key debates and issues which will be of significant benefit to those seeking a foundational introduction into the landscape of TCIM scholarship as well as a capstone resource for those more established within the field of study. I have no doubt that this collection will play a crucial role in helping to further establish and guide the international health research community towards adopting and promoting a critical, multidisciplinary perspective upon this substantial area of health and health care. This text covers a substantial amount of ground in a fresh and dynamic way and will be an invaluable resource to health and health care students, scholars and practitioners alike.' - Ivy Lynn Bourgeault, Professor of Health Sciences and Research Chair in Health Human Resource Policy, University of Ottawa, Canada.

'This wide-ranging international reader brings together a 'Who's Who' from contemporary Traditional, Complementary and Integrative Medicine (TCIM) fields, with abridged versions of papers that have helped shape the field, as well as exciting new chapters to help blaze a trail in developing an empirical, rigorous and critical approach to this emerging area of health and health care. Practitioners, students, researchers and policymakers from around the globe can now quickly become au fait with a vast and diverse TCIM knowledge from just one source. This reader is timely directing the field at a critical moment in the TCIM debate, and I recommend it wholeheartedly to all students and colleagues interested in this critical aspect of twenty first century health care.' - Damien Ridge MBACP PhD, Professor of Health Studies, University of Westminster, London, UK. 'The increasing popularity of traditional, complementary and integrative medicine presents unique challenges and opportunities for a wide range of disciplines and approaches seeking to shed light on this topic. This International Reader, edited by a stellar team of investigators, provides an illuminating overview of the key debates and issues which will be of significant benefit to those seeking a foundational introduction into the landscape of TCIM scholarship as well as a capstone resource for those more established within the field of study. I have no doubt that this collection will play a crucial role in helping to further establish and guide the international health research community towards adopting and promoting a critical, multidisciplinary perspective upon this substantial area of health and health care. This text covers a substantial amount of ground in a fresh and dynamic way and will be an invaluable resource to health and health care students, scholars and practitioners alike.' - Ivy Lynn Bourgeault, Professor of Health Sciences and Research Chair in Health Human Resource Policy, University of Ottawa, Canada.