The medical profession and patients alike are pursuing a holistic approach towards a

healthier lifestyle, incorporating alternative practices with traditional medicine.

From the early 1900’s on, medical practice shifted gradually away from humanistically

oriented and integrative principles. Fifty years ago, infectious disease was the major cause of

death. The medical profession evolved its present methods to combat the situation. Since then,

infectious disease is controlled and epidemics basically eliminated; the main problem

now is chronic diseases. Health policies and strategies ask whether we can tolerate further

fragmentation of body from mind, whether we do not need human care more than mindless

equipment, inorganic chemicals, and treatment modeled on the production line. With such

diverse yet interrelated causes, only an integrative approach will be of any use; an approach

which focuses on how we live, eat, and work. The current medical model does not educate the

patient or encourage him to seek responsibility in promoting well-being. Its reliance on drugs

practitioner whom is trained in a number of different modalities. There may be underlying

age quackery (Stewart 63). Many physicians and medical researchers remain highly

Those people who are involved with their spirit holistically or participate in religious

factors influencing health. Patients want someone who is determining exactly what must be done

herbal medicine, one of the most ancient forms of medical treatment to the body (Rattenbury

the body as a whole, not just a specific area.

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