Complementary Therapies & Holistic Nursing

Australia

Australian Bush Flower Essences - ABFE

Information on Australian bush flow essences. "Flower Essences are not therapeutic drugs - but work on the mind, body and spirit and are obtained by extracting the healing vibrational quality from the most evolved part of the plant - the flowers. They work on an emotional level, harmonising negative feelings and belief patterns, held in the subconscious mind."

 

Holistic Nurses Association of NSW- HNA

"This web site is an activity of the Holistic Nurses Association of New South Wales. A means of connecting with our members, and other nurses interested in holism, with a view to sharing ideas ..."

 

Australian Traditional Medicine Society - ATMS

This society is Australia's largest professional association of natural therapy practitioners. The site contains links to centres in Australia and internationally conducting research in complementary medicine as well as links to online journals.

 

Complementary Healthcare Council of Australia - CHC

The Complementary Healthcare Council (CHC) is the leading expert industry association representing businesses involved in all facets of the complementary healthcare industry. The site contains news, research, surveys, codes of practice and advertising approvals information.

 

Healthinsite

HealthInsite is an Australian Government initiative, funded by the Department of Health and Ageing. It aims to improve the health of Australians by providing easy access to quality information about human health. Includes A-Z list of health related topics and links to onlline information.

 

Therapeutic Goods Administration - TGA

The website of the Australian regulatory body set up to ensure that medicines and medical devices in the marketplace are safe and of high quality. Provides information on complementary, over-the-counter and prescription medicines as well as chemicals, product recalls and medical devices.

 

International

American Holistic Nurses Association - AHNA

Tthe American Holistic Nurses Association (AHNA) is a non-profit support organization for nurses and holistic healthcare professionals. They were instrumental in the profession of Holistic Nursing gaining official recognition by the American Nurses Association (ANA) as a nursing specialty with a defined scope and standards of practice.

 

CancerSource. Complementary and Integrative therapies

CancerSource offers current information on complementary therapies with a non-biased, evidence-based approach. It provides evidence regarding the effectiveness and safety of many therapies that may be integrated with traditional cancer treatments. Contains feature articles in full-text, patient information, a herbs and supplements database and a drug interactions database as well as sites for patients, children, nurses and medical practitioners.

HerbMed

An interactive, evidence-based herbal database providing hyperlinked access to the scientific data underlying the use of herbs for health. Produced by the Alternative Medicine Foundation Inc. (U.S.).

CAM on PubMed

A special subset of the National Library of Medicine's PubMed database which helps you locate journal citations relating to complementary and alternative medicine (CAM)

National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine - NCCAM

This U.S. government site (part of the National Institutes of Health) offers reputable information on Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) in the form of factsheets, databases and a list of clinical trials and research currently being conducted in this area.

Complementary and Alternative Medicine: New York Online Access to Health - NOAH

This large U.S. site provides information and resources on a wide array of alternative healing approaches and includes links to online journals and research centres.

Auckland College of Classical Homeopathy.

This site includes resources and links to other complementary and alternative therapy sites.