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This 5 page report discusses an article published in the February 25,
2002, issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine (published by the American Medical
Association) in which the authors outline their many concerns regarding the immense
problems faced at all levels of the health care delivery system and the ways in which
integrative medicine can serve to help “put the wheels back on.” Bibliography lists 5
sources.
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5 pages (~225 words per page)
File: D0_BWremed.rtf
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Medicine, in Tucson, Arizona, explain that it is a "sad but accurate" statement to say: "The chassis is broken, and the wheels are coming off" about the American health care
system. In their article, titled "Integrative medicine: bringing medicine back to its roots" published in the February 25, 2002, issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine (published by the American
Medical Association) they outline their many concerns regarding the immense problems faced at all levels of the health care delivery system. Actual health practitioners such as physicians, nurses and therapeutic
specialists face as many problems and doubts about the current state of the system as do hospital and clinic administrators, insurance company executives and the public health experts and bureaucrats,
not to mention the politicians. All agree the system is "broken" but there is little agreement regarding what should be done to repair it. Why Was the Article Written?
Snyderman and Weil offer a point of view that considers other options outside of the "mainstream" ways of thinking that have led to the problems that now exist in American
health care. They explain that when the "scientific model" was introduced in the early 20th century as the most appropriate framework for medical education, it changed all aspects of medical
care and the relationships that exist between physician and patient (pp. 395). They add: "Implied in the scientific movement is the desire to understand the molecular basis of living systems,
the assumption that this is possible, and the belief of many physicians that such knowledge will solve all medical problems" (pp. 395). Such a belief has not necessarily served larger
considerations of health and wellness and has most often focused on the pathologies targeting the human being rather than his or her optimal state of health. Medical care has gone
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