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'''Integrative medicine''' describes a medical direction "that reaffirms the importance of the practitioner-patient relationship. It focuses on the whole person, is informed by [[evidence]], and makes use of all appropriate therapeutic approaches, health care professionals, and disciplines to achieve optimal [[health]] and [[healing]]"<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://imconsortium.org/about/introduction/|title=DEFINITION OF INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE AND HEALTH|access-date=1 October 2021|website=Academic Consortium for Integrative Medicine & Health}}</ref> as articulated by the [[Consortium of Academic Health Centers for Integrative Medicine]] in 2004.

'''Integrative medicine''' describes a medical direction "that reaffirms the importance of the practitioner-patient relationship. It focuses on the whole person, is informed by [[Wikipedia:evidence|evidence]], and makes use of all appropriate therapeutic approaches, health care professionals, and disciplines to achieve optimal [[Wikipedia:health|health]] and [[Wikipedia:healing|healing]]"<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://imconsortium.org/about/introduction/|title=DEFINITION OF INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE AND HEALTH|access-date=1 October 2021|website=Academic Consortium for Integrative Medicine & Health}}</ref> as articulated by the [[Consortium of Academic Health Centers for Integrative Medicine]] in 2004.

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 [[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]].

===History of the concept===

===History of the concept===

|2001

|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, [[Andrew Weil]]

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

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

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

|'''[[Benno Brinkhaus|Brinkhaus B]] and [[Tobias Esch|Esch T]], adapted Version of the US consortium IM'''

|'''[[Benno Brinkhaus|Brinkhaus B]] and [[Tobias Esch|Esch T]], adapted Version of the US consortium IM'''

|2020

|2020

|Integrative medicine and Health reaffirms the importance of the relationship between practitioner and patient, focuses on the whole person, is informed by evidence, and makes use of all appropriate therapeutic, preventive, health-promoting, and lifestyle approaches, healthcare professionals and disciplines to achieve optimal health and healing, emphasizing the art and science of healing. It is based on a social and democratic as well as natural and healthy environment.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite journal|title=Neue Definitionen der Integrativen Medizin: Alter Wein in neuen Schläuchen?|language=de|url=https://www.karger.com/Article/Pdf/506224|publisher=Karger|journal=[[Complement Med Res]]|doi=10.1159/000506224|date=2020|volume=27|pages=67–69|last=Esch|first2=Benno|last2=Brinkhaus|first=Tobias|author-link=Tobias Esch|author-link2=Benno Brinkhaus}}</ref>

|Integrative medicine and Health reaffirms the importance of the relationship between practitioner and patient, focuses on the whole person, is informed by evidence, and makes use of all appropriate therapeutic, preventive, health-promoting, and lifestyle approaches, healthcare professionals and disciplines to achieve optimal health and healing, emphasizing the art and science of healing. It is based on a social and democratic as well as natural and healthy environment.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite journal|title=Neue Definitionen der Integrativen Medizin: Alter Wein in neuen Schläuchen?|language=de|url=https://www.karger.com/Article/Pdf/506224|publisher=Karger|journal=[[Wikipedia:Complement Med Res|Complement Med Res]]|doi=10.1159/000506224|date=2020|volume=27|pages=67–69|last=Esch|first2=Benno|last2=Brinkhaus|first=Tobias|author-link=Tobias Esch|author-link2=Benno Brinkhaus}}</ref>

|[[Benno Brinkhaus|Brinkhaus B]], [[Tobias Esch|Esch T]]

|[[Benno Brinkhaus|Brinkhaus B]], [[Tobias Esch|Esch T]]

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