[Omeo33] Art 1023 - JACM, 2009, 15 (5), 579-583

[Gino Santini]

When Science Meets Medical Tradition: What is Needed for a Dialogue on  
Integrative Medicine?
Opher Caspi, Ofer Baranovitch

It has been more than a decade since the release of the National  
Institutes of Health (NIH) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA)  
consensus statement declaring that acupuncture is not an experimental  
therapy but a sound medical technique comparable in effectiveness to  
common conventional medical treatments for certain clinical  
conditions, such as nausea and pain. For the first time in the history  
of modern medicine, a traditional medical system gained legitimacy in  
the Western medical establishment. Yet, it remains unclear whether the  
motivation behind this endorsement represents a unity of  
conceptualization regarding the desired structure of the health care  
system and the nature of the integration of conventional and  
complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). Two (2) doctors, each  
representing a different paradigm, met in order to discuss and  
elucidate issues that relate to the nature of the proposed integration  
between allopathy and CAM. Their responses to key questions prompted  
by the 1997 NIH/FDA consensus statement create a platform for a  
unified “contract” that represents their vision regarding the essence  
of collaboration between the two systems of medicine. Based on the  
richness of their discussion, it is recommended that other medical  
centers engage in similar dialogues in order to establish their own  
contracts. It is hoped that this will pave the way toward mutual  
acceptance, both conceptually and strategically, of a pluralistic  
health care system.

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