Article
Licensed
Unlicensed
Requires Authentication
Integrative Health Care: a Need for Change?
-
Matthew J Leach
Published/Copyright:
February 16, 2006
Integrative medicine is a comprehensive and holistic approach to health care in which all health care professionals work collaboratively, in an equal and respectful manner, to better meet the needs of the patient and community. Despite concerns about clinical evidence, practitioner competence and health care philosophy, such an approach is likely to increase health care choice, improve treatment outcomes, and allow patients to more effectively navigate through the range of available treatment options. An integrative health care model may also be of benefit in addressing the many limitations of the current health care system.
Published Online: 2006-2-16
©2011 Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin/Boston
You are currently not able to access this content.
You are currently not able to access this content.
Articles in the same Issue
- Discussion Paper
- Integrative Health Care: a Need for Change?
- Research Article
- Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine by Chinese Individuals Living with Cancer in British Columbia
- Update in Pre-Clinical Regulatory Requirements for Phytomedicines in Latin America
- Spirituality and Adaptive Coping Styles in German Patients with Chronic Diseases in a CAM Health Care Setting
- Complementary/Alternative Medicine in Latin America: Use of Herbal Remedies among a Brazilian Metropolitan Area Population
- The Effects of a Decoction Prepared from the Leaves and Unripe Fruits of Crataegus aronia in Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Rats
- Protective Effects of Silymarin against Free Radical-Induced Erythrocyte Lysis
- Conference Presentation
- Integrating CAM Research and Practice: A Focus on Outcome Measures - Abstracts from the 3rd Annual IN-CAM Symposium November 4th & 5th, 2006, Calgary, Canada
Keywords for this article
complementary medicine;
integrative medicine;
health care;
orthodox medicine
Articles in the same Issue
- Discussion Paper
- Integrative Health Care: a Need for Change?
- Research Article
- Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine by Chinese Individuals Living with Cancer in British Columbia
- Update in Pre-Clinical Regulatory Requirements for Phytomedicines in Latin America
- Spirituality and Adaptive Coping Styles in German Patients with Chronic Diseases in a CAM Health Care Setting
- Complementary/Alternative Medicine in Latin America: Use of Herbal Remedies among a Brazilian Metropolitan Area Population
- The Effects of a Decoction Prepared from the Leaves and Unripe Fruits of Crataegus aronia in Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Rats
- Protective Effects of Silymarin against Free Radical-Induced Erythrocyte Lysis
- Conference Presentation
- Integrating CAM Research and Practice: A Focus on Outcome Measures - Abstracts from the 3rd Annual IN-CAM Symposium November 4th & 5th, 2006, Calgary, Canada
