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Dr. Ralph Snyderman, Director of the Center for Personalized Health Care at Duke University, defines integrative medicine as a process that creates and encourages "a seamless engagement by patients and caregivers in the full range of physical, psychological, social, preventive, and therapeutic factors known to be effective and necessary for the achievement of optimal health over the course of one's life."[1] This type of personalized healthcare takes a more holistic approach to the causes of illnesses, including the biological, behavioral, psychosocial, and environmental contributors.[2] Some medical laboratories such as those found within Duke Integrative Medicine[3], as well as Harvard Medical School's Contemplative Neuroscience and Integrative Medicine Laboratory[4], include an integrative medicine approach to their medical diagnostic and research activities. Laboratories associated with integrative medicine approaches are quite similar to standard medical laboratories, though, broadly speaking, they may focus more on nutritional, metabolic, and toxicity test types.[5]
References
- ↑ Snyderman, R. (30 March 2011). "Integrative Medicine: A Comprehensive Approach to Personalized Care" (PDF). Scripps Clinic Green Hospital Grand Rounds. https://www.scripps.org/assets/documents/ralph_snyderman_md_03-30-11.pdf. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ↑ "Integrative Medicine". The Bravewell Collaborative. 2015. https://bravewell.org/integrative_medicine/. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ↑ "Duke Integrative Medicine". The Bravewell Collaborative. 2015. https://bravewell.org/current_projects/clinical_network/duke_center/. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ↑ "Contemplative Neuroscience and Integrative Medicine (CNIM) Laboratory". David R. Vago - Brigham and Women's Hospital. Harvard Medical School. 2020. https://davidvago.bwh.harvard.edu/contemplative-neuroscience-and-integrative-medicine-cnim-laboratory/. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ↑ Bralley, J.A.; Lord, R.S. (2008). "Chapter 1: Basic Concepts". Laboratory Evaluations for Integrative and Functional Medicine (2nd ed.). MetaMetrix Institute. pp. 1–16. ISBN 0967394945. https://books.google.com/books?id=CpXVAwgOv7sC&pg=PT11.
