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The position of a [[medical pluralism|medical pluralism]] is common in integrative medicine. This takes into account a dialogue of different [[paradigm|paradigms]]. Central is the effort for [[scientificity]] and research with openness of the concept of science.

The position of a [[medical pluralism|medical pluralism]] is common in integrative medicine. This takes into account a dialogue of different [[paradigm|paradigms]]. Central is the effort for [[scientificity]] and research with openness of the concept of science.

===History of the term===

===History of the term===

In polarity to alternative medicine, which emphasizes separation, the term integrative medicine denotes exchange and collaboration of complementary ([[complementary medicine|complementary]]) partners. The term integrative medicine was applied in the late 1940s in Anglo-American literature<ref name=":2"><nowiki>{{literature |author=Benno Brinkhaus, Tobias Esch |title=Was ist integrative Medizin? |Editor=Benno Brinkhaus, Tobias Esch |Collective=Integrative Medicine and Health |Volume= |Number= |Edition= |Publisher=Medizinisch Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellschaft |Place=Berlin |Date=2021 |ISBN=978-3-95466-422-1 |Pages=9}</nowiki></ref> and propagated since the 1990s by, among others, [[Andrew Weil]]<ref name=": 1">{{literature |author=Dieter Melchart |title=From Complementary to Integrative Medicine and Health: Do We Need a Change in Nomenclature? |Editor= |Collective=Complement Med Res |Volume= |Number=25 |Edition= |Publisher=Karger |Place=Freiburg |Date=2018 |Language=en |ISBN= |DOI=10.1159/000488623 |Pages=76-78}}</ref>. In the German-speaking world, the term came into use only from the 1990s.<ref name=":2" /> The emphases and interpretations of the still relatively young term changed over the years and are weighted partly differently by different representatives even today. Below are some descriptions and definitions.

In polarity to alternative medicine, which emphasizes separation, the term integrative medicine denotes exchange and collaboration of complementary ([[complementary medicine|complementary]]) partners. The term integrative medicine was applied in the late 1940s in Anglo-American literature<ref name=":2">{{Cite |first=Benno|last=Brinkhaus|first2=Tobias|last2=Esch |chapter=Was ist integrative Medizin? |trans-chapter=What is integrative medicine?|editor-first=Benno|editor-last=Brinkhaus|editor-first2=Tobias|editor-last2=Esch |title=Integrative Medicine and Health |publisher=Medizinisch Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellschaft |location=Berlin |date=2021 |ISBN=978-3-95466-422-1 |pages=9}}</ref> and propagated since the 1990s by, among others, [[Andrew Weil]]<ref name=":1">{{Cite |first=Dieter |last=Melchart |title=From Complementary to Integrative Medicine and Health: Do We Need a Change in Nomenclature? |journal=Complement Med Res |number=25 |publisher=Karger |location=Freiburg |date=2018 |language=en |DOI=10.1159/000488623 |pages=76-78}}</ref>. In the German-speaking world, the term came into use only from the 1990s.<ref name=":2" /> The emphases and interpretations of the still relatively young term changed over the years and are weighted partly differently by different representatives even today. Below are some descriptions and definitions.

In the 2000s, the focus was on a combination of elements of conventional medicine with scientifically evaluated elements of complementary and alternative medicine (see definition NCCAM).<ref name=":2" />

In the 2000s, the focus was on a combination of elements of conventional medicine with scientifically evaluated elements of complementary and alternative medicine (see definition NCCAM).<ref name=":2" />