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Compared to the concepts [[alternative medicine]] and [[complementary medicine]] it focuses on integration with conventional medicine. The wording alternative medicine describes approaches used ''instead'' of conventional medicine. Complementary medicine pictures a [[Wikipedia:complementarity|complementarity]] of approaches. Integrative medicine uses scientific methods to evaluate complementary and alternative medical (CAM) therapies and is open to a dialog of different [[Wikipedia:paradigm|paradigms]] including those from non-conventional systems in a manner of [[medical pluralism|medical pluralism]]. Central is the effort for [[Wikipedia:scientificity|scientificity]] and [[Wikipedia:research|research]] with openness of the concept of [[science]].
Compared to the concepts [[alternative medicine]] and [[complementary medicine]] it focuses on integration with conventional medicine. The wording alternative medicine describes approaches used ''instead'' of conventional medicine. Complementary medicine pictures a [[Wikipedia:complementarity|complementarity]] of approaches. Integrative medicine uses scientific methods to evaluate complementary and alternative medical (CAM) therapies and is open to a dialog of different [[Wikipedia:paradigm|paradigms]] including those from non-conventional systems in a manner of [[medical pluralism|medical pluralism]]. Central is the effort for [[Wikipedia:scientificity|scientificity]] and [[Wikipedia:research|research]] with openness of the concept of [[science]].
=== Aspects of integrative medicine ===
===Aspects of integrative medicine===
A definition<ref name=":4" /> by the Andrew Weil center for integrative medicine sums up different aspects of integrative medicine:
A definition<ref name=":4" /> by the Andrew Weil center for integrative medicine sums up different aspects of integrative medicine:
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!Andrew Weil Center definition
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|Patient and practitioner are partners in the healing process.
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|All factors that influence health, wellness, and disease are taken into consideration, including mind, spirit, and community, as well as the body.
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|Appropriate use of both conventional and alternative methods facilitates the body's innate healing response.
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|Effective interventions that are natural and less invasive should be used whenever possible.
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|Integrative medicine neither rejects conventional medicine nor accepts alternative therapies uncritically.
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|Good medicine is based in good science. It is inquiry-driven and open to new paradigms.
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|Alongside the concept of treatment, the broader concepts of health promotion and the prevention of illness are paramount.
|[[Health promotion]]
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|Practitioners of integrative medicine should exemplify its principles and commit themselves to self-exploration and self-development.
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*Patient and practitioner are partners in the healing process.
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===History of the concept===
===History of the concept===