Alternative Medicine and Insurance

"Pathfinders" are guides to help you get started finding information on a topic. A St. Kate's Reference Librarian has written this guide to help you perform Library research for your structured controversy paper and presentation. It is not meant to be an exhaustive list of resources, but some places to begin your hunt.

Please stop or phone the Reference Desk (651-690-6652) if you have questions or need further assistance.

Contents:   Reference Works  | Finding Books  |  Journal Articles  |  Internet Sites

Reference Books

Alternative Medicine: The Definitive Guide  
Ref. R 733 .A46 (2002) -- check p. 54-55     

Encyclopedia of Complementary Health Practice  
Ref. R 733 .E525 (1999) -- vol. 1, p. 39-40
       

The Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine  
Ref. R 733 .G34 (2000) -- check the index in vol. 4 for "Health Insurance"

Note: Please remember that Reference Books may not be taken from the Library

Finding Books

Use CLICnet to search for books and videos in the Library at St. Kate's and at other ACTC colleges. Use the "Request" feature to obtain items not at St. Kate's.

Search term:
Subject : alternative medicine (or) keywords: alternative medicine and insurance

Finding Journal Articles

About off-campus access

    Search Term(s): alternative medicine

2.  Use AltHealth Watch to look for full text articles on all aspects of alternative and complementary medicine. Use the check box to limit your results to peer-reviewed publications.

    Keywords: insurance and alternative medicine

Internet Resources

Brief articles from the AARP (American Association of Retired Persons)
http://research.aarp.org/health/inb27_medicine.html

http://www.aarp.org/research/health/healthquality/aresearch-import-674-FS67.html

Acupuncture Today

http://www.acupuncturetoday.com/archives2001/may/05washington.html

National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine

http://nccam.nih.gov