1. INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE: EAST MEETS WEST

2. INTEGRATIVE PRIMARY CARE BRIDGES TRADITIONAL & NON-TRADITIONAL SERVICES

3. “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

4. Neither rejects conventional medicine nor uncritically accepts alternative practices Integrative Medicine

5. Conventional Medicine Best for: INFECTIOUS DISEASE SURGICAL CARE

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

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

8. 42% use unconventional therapies 629 million visits – up 47% $27 billion spent – up 100% 75% still did not inform their physician JAMA 1998:280;1569-75

9. 1992 - $2 million 1997 - $12 Million 1998 - $20 million 1999 - $50 million 14 centers 2000 - $68 million – call for education grants 2001 - $87 million National Center for CAM (NCCAM) NIH Office of Alternative Medicine

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