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Integrative medicine makes use of approaches from [[Conventional medicine|conventional]] and [[complementary medicine]]. The concept came up in the [[Wikipedia:US|US]] in the late 1940s. In the [[Wikipedia:Germany|german]] sphere it was used from 1990.<ref>{{Cite book|editor-first=Benno|editor-last=Brinkhaus|editor-first2=Tobias|editor-last2=Esch|title=Integrative Medizin und Gesundheit|ISBN=978-3-95466-422-1|publisher=Medizinisch Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellschaft|language=de|date=2021|location=Berlin|trans-title=Integrative medicine and health|chapter=Was ist integrative Medizin?|trans-chapter=What is integrative medicine?|first=Benno|last=Brinkhaus|first2=Tobias|last2=Esch}}</ref>

Integrative medicine makes use of approaches from [[Conventional medicine|conventional]] and [[complementary medicine]]. The concept came up in the [[Wikipedia:US|US]] in the late 1940s. In the [[Wikipedia:Germany|german]] sphere it was used from 1990.<ref>{{Cite book|editor-first=Benno|editor-last=Brinkhaus|editor-first2=Tobias|editor-last2=Esch|title=Integrative Medizin und Gesundheit|ISBN=978-3-95466-422-1|publisher=Medizinisch Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellschaft|language=de|date=2021|location=Berlin|trans-title=Integrative medicine and health|chapter=Was ist integrative Medizin?|trans-chapter=What is integrative medicine?|first=Benno|last=Brinkhaus|first2=Tobias|last2=Esch}}</ref>

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 [[complementarity]] of approaches. Integrative medicine uses scientific methods to evaluate complementary and alternative medical (CAM) therapies and is open to a dialog of different [[paradigm|paradigms]] including those from non-conventional systems in a manner of [[medical pluralism|medical pluralism]] Central is the effort for [[scientificity]] and [[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 [[complementarity]] of approaches. Integrative medicine uses scientific methods to evaluate complementary and alternative medical (CAM) therapies and is open to a dialog of different [[paradigm|paradigms]] including those from non-conventional systems in a manner of [[medical pluralism|medical pluralism]]. Central is the effort for [[scientificity]] and [[research]] with openness of the concept of [[science]].

===History of the concept===

===History of the concept===