TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Complementary and Integrative Pediatrics
A1  - Sawni, Anju
A1  - Misra, Sanghamitra M.
A2  - Kline, Mark W.
PY  - 2018
T2  - Rudolph's Pediatrics, 23e
AB  - Integrative  medicine  (IM)  is  a  newly  emerging  field  of  comprehensive  healthcare  that  emphasizes  wellness  and  healing  of  the  whole  person  with  a  focus  on  mental  and  spiritual  health.  It  is  the  integration  into  mainstream  medicine  of  complementary  therapies  for  which  there  is  evidence  of  safety  and  effectiveness.  Integrative  physicians  strengthen  the  physician–patient  relationship  and  empower  the  patient.  The  Academic  Consortium  for  Integrative  Medicine  and  Health,  which  consists  of  56  academic  medical  centers,  defines  IM  as  “the  practice  of  medicine  that  reaffirms  the  importance  of  the  relationship  between  practitioner  and  patient,  focuses  on  the  whole  person,  is  informed  by  evidence,  and  makes  use  of  all  appropriate  therapeutic  approaches,  healthcare  professionals  and  disciplines  to  achieve  optimal  health  and  healing.”  This  concept  is  illustrated  in  Figure  13-1.  
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PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/20
UR  - accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1182916272
ER  -