Advancing Integrative Medicine: Policy and Implementation

Advancing Integrative Medicine: Policy and Implementation

Integrative medicine is a combination of conventional medicine that includes drugs, surgeries, and lifestyle medicine and complementary medicine that are therapies that are not part of traditional western medicine. It uses different techniques to deliver whole-person care. Health care policies have not included integrative medicine and most patients are unable to cater for their expenses. There are different ways to improve health care services by including integrative medicine.

CAM stands for complementary and alternative medicine. These are the type of medicine that is not part of conventional western medicine. When they…