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integrative medicine

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integrative medicine
combines conventional medicine with complementary and alternative therapies.

integrative medicine
The 'new medicine' A term for the incorporation of alternative therapies into mainstream medical practice. See Alternative medicine, Integrative technique; Cf Mainstream medicine, Osteopathy.


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Tokyo, Japan, Jan 6, 2006 - (JCN) - Yano Research Institute (YRI) conducted a survey on integrative medicine in Japan from September to November in 2005.
It builds on previous editions and includes new chapters on aromatherapy; relationship-centred care and healing initiatives in a community hospital; integrative medicine and the healing environment in a large urban acute hospital, and discusses both basic and advanced strategies for integrating complementary and alternative interventions.
He also created the Program for Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona.
 
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