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HLST 301: Complementary and Alternative Therapies Report a Broken Link

This three–credit course introduces you to the range of therapies currently available in Canada that are not normally considered to be part of conventional health care.

Unit 2: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Complementary and Alternative Therapies

Kienle, G.S., & Kiene, H. (1997). The powerful placebo effect: Fact or fiction? Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 50(12), 1311–1318.

Required reading for HLST 301, Unit 2

Unit 4: The Arts and Humour in Medicine

Nolan, P. and Goodill, S.W. (2015). Creative and Expressive Arts Therapies. In M. Micozzi (Ed.), Fundamentals of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (5th ed.), (pp. 157–171).

Unit 10: Herbalism

Guo, R., Canter, P.H., & Ernst, E. (2007). A systematic review of randomised clinical trials of individualized herbal medicine in any indication. Postgraduate Medical Journal, 83, 633–637.

Required reading for HLST 301, Unit 10

Unit 12: Homeopathy

Ernst, E. (2009). Homoeopathy and I. International Journal of Clinical Practice, 63(11), 1558–1561. doi: 10.1111/j.1742-1241.2009.02169.x

Required reading for HLST 301, Unit 12

Unit 16: Chelation Therapy

Lamas, G.A., & Hussein, S.J. (2006). EDTA chelation therapy meets evidence-based medicine. Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice, 12(3), 213–215. doi:10.1016/j.ctcp.2006.04.002

Required reading for HLST 301, Unit 16

Unit 17: Iridology

Knipschild, P. (1998). Looking for gall bladder disease in the patient’s iris. British Medical Journal, 297, 1578–1581. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.297.6663.1578

Required reading for HLST 301, Unit 17