Increase in the prevalence of disease and illness has dramatically altered the landscape of pediatrics. As a result, there is a demand for pediatricians with new skills and a sharper focus on preventative health. Patient demand and shifting pediatric illness patterns have accelerated research in the field of pediatric integrative medicine. This emerging field can be defined as healing-oriented ...

"Healing circle" is a term that has been employed by a group of Northern California integrative medicine researchers as we embarked on an 8-year ethnographic study. As a clinical medical anthropologist and registered nurse specializing in integrative practice and behavioral health, I undertook this study with colleagues from various health disciplines.

2011 年，致力于改善医护服务的 慈善组织 Bravewell Collaborative 委托进行了一项调查，以确定目前 美国的综合医学实施情况。29 个 发展完善的综合医学中心参与了本 调 查，本调查旨在了解患者人数 及最常诊治的病症、所采用的核心 实践及护理模式、服务的付费方 式、护理所包含的价值和原则以及 推动成功实施的主要因素。本调查（美国的综合医学：综 合医学在美国临床中心的实施情 况）刊发于本期《Global Advances in Health and Medicine》中，于 2012 年 2 月首次发布。多数相关 研究调查的是所使用的补充康复 手段的类型以及使用者，而不是 使用原因，最重要的是，没有调 查与之共同使用的手段。这是首 次深入调查实际综合临床实践， 就此而言，数据揭示了患者的整 体（身体、心智及精神）治疗情 况、协同使用传统与补充干预治 疗的方法、不...

Griffin Hospital, a community hospital affiliated with Yale School of Public Health and Yale School of Medicine, received Health Resources and Services Administration funding to strengthen and improve its combined internal medicine and general preventive medicine residency program by incorporating an integrative medicine curriculum. The purpose of project ASPIRE (Advancing Skills of Preventive ...

In 2012, the business subcommittee of the clinical working group for the Consortium of Academic Health Centers for Integrative Medicine (CAHCIM) launched a pilot survey to collect information about the structure and business models of the member integrative centers. Although the survey provided useful insight into the business operations and financial resources needed to start up a center, the ...

The global crisis in health care is deepening. For the majority, affordable quality health care seems like a distant dream. Healthcare systems need to understand the complex interplay of biology, behavior, socioeconomic and environmental factors that shape health. These factors cannot be considered in isolation from each other. Planning effective treatment of disease requires addressing them al...

Contemporary medicine has been in the process of a paradigm shift. Instead of relatively broad pathological entities, population-based risk assesments, and non-specific "one-size-fits-all" therapies, a new paradigm of predictive, individualized and personalized care and targeted therapy is rolling on the horizon. Person-centered medicine is a term with different meanings which competes in some ...