Resources for those interested in this field are suggested below. If you have further suggestions of others for inclusion, please do submit suggestions to us (see Team page for contact information).
Alternative Healthcare
CDC – Cancer and Alternative Healthcare
CPSBC Complementary and Alternative Therapies
Fraser Institute Survey on Alternative Healthcare 2016
Health Canada – Natural Health Products
Barker Bausell, R. (2007) Snake Oil Science : The Truth about Complementary and Alternative Medicine. New York, New York. Oxford University Press.
Caulfield, T. A. (2015). Is Gwyneth Paltrow Wrong About Everything?: When Celebrity Culture and Science Clash. Toronto, Ontario. Penguin Canada.
Ernst, Edzard. (2021). Alternative Medicine: A Critical Assessment of 150 Modalities. Cham, Switzerland. Copernicus Publication.
Falci, L., Shi, Z., & Greenlee, H. (2016). Multiple chronic conditions and use of complementary and alternative medicine among US adults: Results from the 2012 National Health Interview Survey. Preventing Chronic Disease, 13:150501.
Huang Y. & Furnham A. (2013). Examining health beliefs, attitudes and behaviours relate to complementary and orthodox medicine use in Chinese population. Alternative & Integrative Medicine, 02(07):1000135.
Garrett B. (2021) Chapter 24: Alternative Health Strategies in C.L. Edelman & E.C Kudzma (Eds.) Canadian Health Promotion Throughout the Life Span. Toronto, Ontario. Elsevier. ISBN: 9781771722254
Goldacre B. 2008 Bad Science, London, UK. Fourth Estate.
Honda, K., & Jacobson, J. S. (2005). Use of complementary and alternative medicine among United States adults: the influences of personality, coping strategies, and social support. Preventive Medicine, 40(1):46-53.
Johnson, S. B., Park, H. S., Gross, C. P., & Yu, J. B. (2018). Use of alternative medicine for cancer and its impact on survival. Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 110(1):121-4.
Kaboli, P. J., Doebbeling, B. N., Saag, K. G., & Rosenthal, G. E. (2001). Use of complementary and alternative medicine by older patients with arthritis: A population-based study. Arthritis and Rheumatism, 45(4):398-403.
Kelner, M., & Wellman, B. (1997). Who seeks alternative health care? A profile of the users of five modes of treatment. Journal of Alternative and Complementary Therapy, 3(2):127-40.
Koloski, N. A., Talley, N. J., Huskic, S. S., & Boyce, P. M. (2003). Predictors of conventional and alternative health care seeking for irritable bowel syndrome and functional dyspepsia. Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 17(6):841-51.
Lee, M. S., & Ernst, E. (2014). Acupuncture for surgical conditions: an overview of systematic reviews. International Journal of Clinical Practice, 68(6):783-9.
Marcon A., Murdoch B. & Caulfield T. (2018) Fake news portrayals of stem cells and stem cell research. Regenerative Medicine 12(7):765-75.
McFarland, B., Bigelow, D., Zani, B., Newsom, J., & Kaplan, M. (2002). Complementary and alternative medicine use in Canada and the United States. American Journal of Public Health, 92(10):1616-18. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.92.10.1616
Murdoch B., Carr S., Caulfield T. (2016) Selling falsehoods? A cross-sectional study of Canadian naturopathy, homeopathy, chiropractic and acupuncture clinic website claims relating to allergy and asthma. BMJ Open, 6:e014028.
Murdoch B., Hyde-Lay R., & Caulfield T. (2012) An examination of the public justifications for the expansion of Canadian naturopaths’ scope of practice. Health Law Journal, 19:215-36.
Nayak, S., Matheis, R. J., Schoenberger, N. E., & Shiflett, S. C. (2003). Use of unconventional therapies by individuals with multiple sclerosis. Clinical Rehabilitation, 17(2):181-91.
Rao, J. K., Mihaliak, K., Kroenke, K., Bradley, J., Tierney, W. M., & Weinberger, M. (1999). Use of complementary therapies for arthritis among patients of rheumatologists. Annals of Internal Medicine, 131(6):409-16.
Singh S. & Ernst, E. (2008) Trick of Treatment. New York, New York, W.W. Norton & Co.
Evidence-based Practice
The Centre for Evidence-based Medicine, Oxford
Cialdini, R. B. (2001) Science-based Medicine. Influence: science and practice. New York. Allyn and Bacon
Risk, Science Policy and Health Law
Canadian Patient Safety Institute (2016). CPSI – Measuring Patient Harm in Canadian Hospitals. Retrieved from https://secure.cihi.ca/free_products/cihi_cpsi_hospital_harm_en.pdf
The Health Law Institute, University of Alberta
Garrett, B. (2021). The New Alchemists: The Rise Of Deceptive Healthcare. Hammersmith Books, Oxford. ISBN 978-1-78161-188-3
Garrett B.M. & Cutting, R. L. (2017) Magical beliefs and discriminating science from pseudoscience in undergraduate professional students. Heliyon. 3(11):e00433. http://www.heliyon.com/article/e00433/
Garrett, B.M. (2017) A Double-blind Behavioural Experiment: The Influence of Paranormal Beliefs and Media Messaging in Undergraduate Nursing and Education Students SAGE Research Methods Cases.
Garrett, B.M. & MacPhee M. (2015) The slippery slope of nurse regulation: Challenging issues for contemporary nursing practice in Canada. Canadian Journal of Nursing Leadership. 28(1):51-9.
Lim, A., Cranswick, N., & South, M. (2011). Adverse events associated with the use of complementary and alternative medicine in children. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 96(3):297-300.
Nielsen, S. M., Tarp, S., Christensen, R., Bliddal, H., Klokker, L., & Henriksen, M. (2017). The risk associated with spinal manipulation: An overview of reviews. Systematic Reviews 6(64). Available from: https://systematicreviewsjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13643-017-0458-y