title: How should we research unconventional therapies? A panel report from the Conference on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Research Methodology, National Institutes of Health.
abstract: Research in unconventional medicine requires a number of different questions to build up a "mosaic" of evidence. Choice of research design depends on the question being asked and is independent of the therapy under investigation. Despite the doubts of some practitioners, randomized trials are of value for determining certain questions in alternative medicine.
authors.affiliation: University of North Carolina, USA.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vickers
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Cassileth
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ernst
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fisher
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Goldman
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Jonas
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lewith
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Schulz
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Silagy
mesh_terms: D000529:Complementary Therapies; D006801:Humans; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D012107:Research Design