Cochrane CAM Reviews Commentary: Is There More to Quality Than the Research Method Itself?

Abstract

The Cochrane Complementary Medicine Field is the group within the Cochrane Collaboration focused on facilitating the conduct of Cochrane systematic reviews of CAM therapies. The CAM Field represents an international collaborative effort among researchers, clinicians, consumers, and CAM practitioners from nearly every continent. The Field's central office is located at the Center for Integrative Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 520 W. Lombard St., Baltimore, MD 21201. For more information, contact Eric Manheimer at: emanheimer@compmed.umm.edu. The Complementary Medicine Field is supported by Grant R24 AT001293 from the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM). The contents of this article are solely the responsibility of the author and do not necessarily represent the official views of the NCCAM, or the National Institutes of Health.