|Integrated medicine (or integrative medicine as it is referred to in the United States) is practising medicine in a way that selectively incorporates elements of complementary and alternative medicine into comprehensive treatment plans alongside solidly orthodox methods of diagnosis and treatment.<ref>{{Cite journal|doi=10.1136/bmj.322.7279.119|title=Integrated medicine; Imbues orthodox medicine with the values of complementary medicine|first=Lesley|last=Rees|first2=Andrew|last2=Weil|author-link2=Andrew Weil|date=20 January 2001|page=|volume=322|issue=119}}</ref> | |Integrated medicine (or integrative medicine as it is referred to in the United States) is practising medicine in a way that selectively incorporates elements of complementary and alternative medicine into comprehensive treatment plans alongside solidly orthodox methods of diagnosis and treatment.<ref>{{Cite journal|doi=10.1136/bmj.322.7279.119|title=Integrated medicine; Imbues orthodox medicine with the values of complementary medicine|first=Lesley|last=Rees|first2=Andrew|last2=Weil|author-link2=Andrew Weil|date=20 January 2001|page=|volume=322|issue=119}}</ref> |