Integrative Medicine is the heart of my practice. From my perspective, is all of the following tenets.
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Prevention and healing oriented, rather than disease-driven.
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Recognizes the innate capacity of the body to repair itself
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Honors the doctor-patient relationship such that the patient is empowered to be their own best health advocate
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Considers the whole person in the body-mind-energetic continuum
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Envisions the ecology of health.
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Open-minded as well as scientifically discerning
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Uses natural, less invasive strategies whenever possible
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Prescribes pharmaceuticals when necessary best practice