The Road Less Traveled: Integrative Medicine and U.S. Health
The United States is among the wealthiest nations in the world, but it is far from the healthiest. It is clearly time to re-evaluate and look for innovation and systemic changes in mindsets and health care practice. A deeper understanding and integration of the principles and practices of complementary and alternative health care systems offers some significant opportunities for change.
Integrative Medicine: Rethinking Health Care Delivery
Fifteen years ago I was a consulting psychologist with a newly minted doctorate, happy, and engaged in checkbook philanthropy on the side. But in the deep of winter, a diagnosis of breast cancer upended my world.
Prevention: Keystone in the Architecture of Health Reform
The passage of the Affordable Care Act elevates the priority of public health and prevention efforts through new funds for health promotion activities, requirements to cover preventive services, and a national framework to view health through the lens of wellness and chronic disease prevention.
Integrative Medicine Offers Opportunity for Shared Learning and Collaboration
There is growing interest in the field known as integrative medicine. A 2007 national survey by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that 38.3 percent of all adults, up from 36 percent in 2002, accessed some form of complementary and alternative medicine through visits to acupuncturists, chiropractors, massage therapists, among others.