Integrative care combines the best of complementary therapies and conventional treatments. At its best, this is wholisitc, whole-person healing.

Wholistic integrative care addresses body, emotions, mind, relationships and spirit. (Click on the round icons above for a discussion of these relationships.)

Wholistic care addresses the person who has the disease, rather than the disease the person has.
(See article discussing wholistic integrative care) 

Click on the links at the left for articles on wholistic integrative care. 

Developing integrative programs can be a very challenging propositions because the philosophies, modalities and intereventions differ so strikingly between complementary therapies and conventional treatments. For instance, allopathic medicine is prescriptive, with the doctor being in charge and the patient is expected to accept the medical recommendations. Complementary therapies often place the therapist in the role of a teacher or coach and the careseeker is a 'respant' (Bernie Siegel's term for a 'responsible participant').  

Much more on these issues in

    Healing Research, V. 2 Popular edition, How Can I Heal What Hurts?

     Healing Research, V. 2 Professional edition, Consciousness, Bioenergy and Healing

     and in the references you can find through the links at the left of this page.