“It is much more important to know what sort of patient has a disease than what
sort of disease a patient has.”
Sir William Osler
Neither rejects conventional
medicine nor uncritically
accepts alternative
practices
Integrative Medicine
Alternative/Complementary Medicine Alternative/Complementary Medicine Best for: Best for:
Chronic IllnessChronic Illness
Stress Related Stress Related DiseaseDisease
Prevention of IllnessPrevention of Illness
ACUPUNCTURE
YOGA
TAI CHI
MEDITATION
MASSAGE
FAMILY CONSTELLATION SEMINARS
FLORIDA COUNCIL OF SPIRITUALITY, MEDICINE & HEALING
COMPLEMENTARY PRACTICE INCLUDES:
• 42% use unconventional therapies
• 629 million visits – up 47%
• $27 billion spent – up 100%
• 75% still did not inform theirphysician
JAMA 1998:280;1569-75
1992 - $2 million
1997 - $12 Million
1998 - $20 million
1999 - $50 million 14 centers
2000 - $68 million – call for education grants
2001 - $87 million
National Center for CAM (NCCAM)
NIH Office of Alternative Medicine