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|Alongside the concept of treatment, the broader concepts of health promotion and the prevention of illness are paramount.

|Alongside the concept of treatment, the broader concepts of health promotion and the prevention of illness are paramount.

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|[[Health promotion]], [[Prevention]], [[Salutogenesis]]

|[[Health promotion]], [[Wikipedia:Prevention|Prevention]], [[Wikipedia:Salutogenesis|Salutogenesis]]

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|Practitioners of integrative medicine should exemplify its principles and commit themselves to self-exploration and self-development.

|Practitioners of integrative medicine should exemplify its principles and commit themselves to self-exploration and self-development.

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|[[Self-development]]

|[[Wikipedia:Self-development|Self-development]]

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===History of the concept===

===History of the concept===

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, [[Wikipedia:Andrew Weil|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 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|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" /> Through the years the concept broadened to include aspects like the relationship between patient and doctor, a network of caretaking persons and in 2020 a democratic environment and a healthy natural environment, bringing the concept close to that of [[:en:One Health|One Health]] and impulses arising in mainstream medicine.

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" /> Through the years the concept broadened to include aspects like the relationship between patient and doctor, a network of caretaking persons and in 2020 a democratic environment and a healthy natural environment, bringing the concept close to that of [[:en:One Health|One Health]] and impulses arising in mainstream medicine.

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|2001

|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>

|Lesley Rees, [[Wikipedia:Andrew Weil|Andrew Weil]]

|Lesley Rees, [[Andrew Weil|Andrew Weil]]

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|'''[[Academic Consortium for Integrative Medicine & Health]]'''

|'''[[Academic Consortium for Integrative Medicine & Health]]'''