Picking up this book, any complementary medicine practitioner would have two questions: 1. What is integrative medicine? and 2. Is it possible to have an evidence-based approach to complementary medicine?The book does answer these questions. In the Introduction, the authors define that integrative medicine is 'the practice of medicine in a way that relates to complete patient care', and includes 'practices currently beyond the scope of conventional medical teaching'. The authors continue to explain that the purpose of the book is to 'expand its (conventional medicine) boundaries, and to build a scientific foundation for integrating less well understood approaches...' I applaud the efforts and courage of the authors for pushing the boundaries and for bringing holistic practice back into medicine.
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