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Integrative / Integrated Medicine

“Integrative medicine, as defined by NCCAM, combines mainstream medical therapies and CAM therapies for which there is some high-quality scientific evidence of safety and effectiveness.”[1]
“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”.[2]

References

What is complementary and alternative medicine? Retrieved from http://nccam.nih.gov/health/whatiscam/ (4 August 2006)

Rees L and Weil A. (2001). Integrated Medicine. Integrated Medicine. BMJ;322:119-120

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