Integrative medicine combines a variety of disciplines, including alternative and conventional Western medical therapies, to provide safe, effective health care.
Practitioners of integrative medicine see patients as partners and work closely with them to ensure they’re receiving the treatments they need. Integrative medicine addresses many factors, including the physical, emotional, social, spiritual, and environmental influences that affect a person’s health status.
Integrative medicine focuses on the broader concepts of health (including living a healthy lifestyle) that promote a person’s overall health and well-being now and into the future.