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Inclusion of Integrative Medicine in Clinical Practice

Author(s) -

Weidong Pan,

Hua Zhou

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

integrative medicine international

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 2296-7362

DOI - 10.1159/000362628

Subject(s) - integrative medicine , alternative medicine , western medicine , traditional medicine , medicine , healthcare system , acupuncture , china , tanzania , inclusion (mineral) , allopathic medicine , traditional chinese medicine , clinical practice , health care , modern medicine , family medicine , political science , social science , pathology , sociology , socioeconomics , law

Most Western medicines are synthetic chemical products that come with side effects for patients, and therefore, our modern medical system needs to be optimized. A new concept called integrative medicine represents a more comprehensive system for understanding our body in a holistic fashion in terms of analyzing, evaluating and treating complex diseases successfully. Integrative medicine may be the combination of Western medicine and complementary/alternative medicine (CAM) [1] in the United States and Europe, and in China, it might consist of integrated traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and Western medicine [2] .

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