Alternative Medicine Repertory

CAMline is an evidence-based website on complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) for healthcare professionals and the public, with a Canadian perspective. CAMline is a collaborative project overseen by a Steering Committee of the five organizations which are its founders: the Ontario College of Family Physicians, the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto, the Ontario Branch of Society of Hospital Pharmacists, the Michener Institute for Applied Health Sciences and the Friends of Alternative & Complelentary Therapies Society. All are based in Toronto, ON. It offers access to evidence-based information on natural health products, CAM therapies and practitioners and health conditions along with a small dictionary of terms used in complementary and alternative medicine. There is brief information about the founding partners and their funding sources. All come from the various disciplines of allopathic, traditional medicine and medical practice.

The literature on clinical and scientific research into alternative medicine treatments is widely scattered, as is background information on alternative medicine systems and approaches. The following is a compilation of established research resources in the USA, Europe and Asia, designed to facilitate research by both professionals and the public. This may be clinical, biomedical, review, meta-analytical or survey research. The listing is hyperlinked to existing Web sites where available, and to brief information on the resource, such as: how to obtain further details; type of literature covered; whether fee-based access or free; size of the holding; and mode of access.