Special Health Bulletin
Integrative Medicine Bridges
the Worlds of Biomedicine
and Alternative Health
By Teresa Rispoli, PHD in NutricianLicensed Acupunctuist
TODAY’S INTEGRATIVE HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER WALKS BETWEEN THE WORLDS OF MAINSTREAM BIOMEDICINE AND RE-EMERGING ANCIENT HEALING MODALITIES. SUCH A PATH CAN BE DIFFICULT TO TRAVERSE. THIS ARTICLE HELPS TO UNDERSTAND THE BRIDGING WORLDS OF BIOMEDICINE, LABORATORY TESTING, MEDICAL DEVICES AND COMPUTERS WITH ANCIENT, ALTERNATIVE, HOLISTIC AND ENERGETIC MODALITIES TO BE CALLED "INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE." IT'S MORE OF A DIRECTIONAL MAP FOR THOSE INTERESTED IN THE "NEW” MEDICINE AND THE ROLE OF THE INTEGRATIVE PRACTITIONER.
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