[Omeo33] Art 0849 - J Royal Soc Prom Health, 2006, 126 (5), 206

[Gino Santini]

Integrated medicine: good intentions, poor logic?
Edzard Ernst

Integrated (or integrative) medicine is an emerging concept of 
healthcare.1, 2 The term first describes a healthcare system 'that 
selectively incorporates elements of complementary and alternative 
medicine into comprehensive treatment plans...'.1 Second, it stands 
for 'a larger meaning and mission'; with regard to healthcare one 
that has a 'focus . . . on health and healing rather than disease and 
treatment. It views patients as whole people with minds and spirits 
as well as bodies...'.1 The latter definition essentially replicates 
that of holistic healthcare. The principles of holism are acceptable 
to most clinicians,3 in fact one could argue that they are an 
essential element of any good medicine. So, I suggest we continue to 
call it holism rather than introduce new terminology that can only 
confuse.

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