3167.0: Monday, November 13, 2000: 4:30 PM-6:00 PM

Integrative Medicine - Does it Work?

This invited session will discuss the goals of integrative medicine and its place in the future of public health care. Issues to be explored will include the public demand for access to preventive and natural therapies; the advancement of cultural and medical systems in the United States to accommodate a partnering of allopathic and evidence-based natural medicine therapies; the new primary care physician; and integrative medicine's impact on health care dollars
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement.
Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives
Facilitator(s):Joseph Pizzorno, ND
4:30 PMA Proposed Model for Community-Based Integrative Medicine
Joseph Kaczmarczyk, DO, MPH
4:50 PMThe Effects of Multidisciplinary Care and ACHP Providers on the Effectiveness of Public Health Initiatives
Daniel Labriola, ND
5:10 PMThe Integrative Medicine Model: A Clinician's Perspective
Leonard Wisneski, MD
Sponsor:Alternative and Complementary Health Practices
Cosponsors:Chiropractic Health Care; Food and Nutrition; Socialist Caucus

The 128th Annual Meeting of APHA