INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE: EAST MEETS WEST

INTEGRATIVE PRIMARY CARE BRIDGES TRADITIONAL & NON-TRADITIONAL SERVICES

“It is much more important to know what sort of patient has a disease than what sort of disease a patient has.” Sir William Osler

Neither rejects conventional medicine nor uncritically accepts alternative practices Integrative Medicine

Conventional Medicine Best for: INFECTIOUS DISEASE SURGICAL CARE

Alternative/Complementary Medicine Best for: Chronic Illness Stress Related Disease Prevention of Illness

ACUPUNCTURE YOGA TAI CHI MEDITATION MASSAGE FAMILY CONSTELLATION SEMINARS FLORIDA COUNCIL OF SPIRITUALITY, MEDICINE & HEALING COMPLEMENTARY PRACTICE INCLUDES:

42% use unconventional therapies 629 million visits – up 47% $27 billion spent – up 100% 75% still did not inform their physician JAMA 1998:280;

$2 million $12 Million $20 million $50 million 14 centers $68 million – call for education grants $87 million National Center for CAM (NCCAM) NIH Office of Alternative Medicine

HarvardUniversity of Arizona UCSFUniversity of Maryland StanfordUniversity of Massachusetts DukeUniversity of Minnesota GeorgetownAlbert Einstein - Yeshiva Jefferson MEDICAL SCHOOLS THAT OFFER INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE