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Article Review – Alternative Medicine The purpose of this research project is to give you an idea of where good information can be found regarding alternative and complementary therapies. Each student will find a study or article and write a one page, double spaced, typed summary of the article that should answer the following questions:
Please include a photocopy of the actual article complete with the reference page(s) at the end of the article. No attached article-no points! (Do not cut out or tear out the actual article. That is against the law and very bad manners. If you tear out the actual article, you will get no points for that project.) On the Article Days, each person will briefly present to the class the information they found in their article. On the Article Days, each person will briefly present to the class the information they found in their article. You will find these articles and studies in the School Library in the Health, Medical, Exercise, Psychology, and Nutrition sections of the Library. (Ask a librarian to direct you there.) Please choose your article or study from the more reputable magazines and professional journals. (Avoid such popular titles as Muscle & Fitness, Elle, and Cosmopolitan.) Check with me if you have questions about the respectability of an article or a magazine. Please get your articles from magazines and journals no more than one year old. You may also get your articles from appropriate websites on the internet. Unless you check with me about a website, please get your internet articles from websites that are .edu or .org websites. Do not select a .com website for your article. Points will be erased from your score if you do. The very best, easiest and speediest place to begin your search for excellent news articles can be found by going to this website: http://faculty.weber.edu/molpin/bushea/news.html You can click directly to this page by clicking the URL The best place to begin your search for research studies is found here: Your textbook should be your first resource to gather information about complementary and alternative therapies. The following is a list of possible topics from which you can choose for your article. Make sure that your review explains how your topic relates to, is connected to, or influences stress and/or stress management. For instance, if you choose acupuncture, your paper will need to be about a connection between stress and acupuncture. If you choose music, it will need to discuss the relationship between music and stress.
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