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Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine – Integrative medicine (IM)

Integrative medicine is defined by the Center as a healing-orientated medicine that takes account of the whole person (mind, body, and spirit), including all aspects of lifestyle. It emphasizes the therapeutic relationship between practitioner and patient and makes use of all appropriate.

Integrative medicine is defined by the Center as a healing-orientated medicine that takes account of the whole person (mind, body, and spirit), including all aspects of lifestyle. It emphasizes the therapeutic relationship between practitioner and patient and makes use of all appropriate therapies. IM neither rejects conventional medicine nor accepts alternative therapies uncritically. The difference between IM and alternative medicine being that IM seamlessly blends various modalities.


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