{"title":"Complementary medicine at Exeter: the first 10 years","authors":"Nasim Kanji , Alyson Huntley","doi":"10.1016/S1353-6117(03)00100-8","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1353-6117(03)00100-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79481,"journal":{"name":"Complementary therapies in nursing & midwifery","volume":"10 2","pages":"Pages 110-115"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1353-6117(03)00100-8","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"24512680","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An aura of confusion Part 2: the aided eye—‘imaging the aura?’","authors":"Tim Duerden","doi":"10.1016/j.ctnm.2004.01.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ctnm.2004.01.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The second of three papers considers claims made for the perception or detection of vital energy. Many systems of complementary and alternative medicine assume the existence of a vital force that mediates therapeutic efficacy, for example <em>chi</em> or <em>qi</em> in Traditional Chinese Medicine. Vital energy directly perceived or imaged that surrounds living organisms is frequently termed the aura. A range of devices or techniques are claimed to image the aura. These include Kirlian photography, gas discharge visualisation (GDV) and polychromatic interference photography (PIP). This paper explores such claims and argues that the images produced can be explained using concepts from the physical sciences. It is suggested that techniques such as KP, GDV or PIP currently offer insufficient reliable research evidence concerning their use as diagnostic or imaging alternatives. Consequently their clinical use is debateable. Kirlian photography and its derivatives may however be useful as a research tool by providing visual records of complex bodily responses to experimental situations. For example, responses to physiological or psychological stressors.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":79481,"journal":{"name":"Complementary therapies in nursing & midwifery","volume":"10 2","pages":"Pages 116-123"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.ctnm.2004.01.002","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"24512681","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Experience and effects of Shiatsu: findings from a two country exploratory study","authors":"Caroline Hoffman (Deputy Editor)","doi":"10.1016/j.ctnm.2003.12.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ctnm.2003.12.002","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79481,"journal":{"name":"Complementary therapies in nursing & midwifery","volume":"10 2","pages":"Page 137"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.ctnm.2003.12.002","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"54049065","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Herbal medicine and botanical medical fads","authors":"Caroline Hoffman (Deputy Editor)","doi":"10.1016/j.ctnm.2003.12.005","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ctnm.2003.12.005","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79481,"journal":{"name":"Complementary therapies in nursing & midwifery","volume":"10 2","pages":"Page 138"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.ctnm.2003.12.005","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"54049095","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Erratum to “An aura of confusion: ‘seeing auras—vital energy or human physiology?’ Part 1 of a three part series”","authors":"Tim Duerden","doi":"10.1016/j.ctnm.2004.03.005","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ctnm.2004.03.005","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79481,"journal":{"name":"Complementary therapies in nursing & midwifery","volume":"10 2","pages":"Page 139"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.ctnm.2004.03.005","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"54049429","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Exercise and sport in feminist therapy:","authors":"J. Trevelyan","doi":"10.1016/S1353-6117(03)00046-5","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1353-6117(03)00046-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79481,"journal":{"name":"Complementary therapies in nursing & midwifery","volume":"10 1","pages":"Page 71"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1353-6117(03)00046-5","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"56473257","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Erratum to ‘The effects of music on client with learning disabilities: a literature review’ [Complementary Therapies in Nursing and Midwifery 8 (3) (2003) 160–165]","authors":"Darren Savarimuthu, Toni Bunnell","doi":"10.1016/S1353-6117(03)00078-7","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1353-6117(03)00078-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79481,"journal":{"name":"Complementary therapies in nursing & midwifery","volume":"10 1","pages":"Page 75"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1353-6117(03)00078-7","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"56473296","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The joy of burnout","authors":"Ruth Benor","doi":"10.1016/S1353-6117(03)00018-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S1353-6117(03)00018-0","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79481,"journal":{"name":"Complementary therapies in nursing & midwifery","volume":"10 1","pages":"Pages 69-70"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1353-6117(03)00018-0","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91648952","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}