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Alternative and Complementary Medicine

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University of North Dakota

Physician Assistant Scholarly Project Posters

2018

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Integrative Medicine In Primary Care, Ashley M. Bjornerud Jan 2018

Integrative Medicine In Primary Care, Ashley M. Bjornerud

Physician Assistant Scholarly Project Posters

Integrative medicine (IM) is an approach to care that puts the patient at the center and addresses the full range of physical, emotional, mental, social, spiritual and environmental influences that affect a person’s health (Rakel, 2017). Commonly, IM is associated with complementary and alternative medicine therapies (CAM). These are two separate entities. CAM is one of the modalities used in integrative medicine.