AMED (Allied and Alternative Medicine)
An overview of the AMED database.
Why use it
- Subjects covered include acupuncture, homeopathy, palliative care, Chinese medicine, hospice care, physiotherapy, chiropractic, hypnosis, podiatry, herbalism, occupational therapy, rehabilitation, holistic treatments and osteopathy.
- Controlled thesaurus terms (based on MeSH) are used.
Bear in mind ...
- Updated quarterly.
- Not all subjects have been covered since 1985: palliative care is since 1997, speech and language therapy. since 1999.
- Coverage: 1985 to present.
- Number of journals indexed: nearly 600 (mostly European journals.