Publication Date
1-1-2025
Keywords
healthcare, CAM, Complementary and Alternative Medicine, holistic health
Volume
2025
Abstract
There is a lack of integration between Western Medicine and Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) for treating adults in America. Communication barriers, differing approaches to healthcare, and skepticism coupled with a lack of education prevent integration. As a result, patients suffer financial burdens, are unsatisfied with incomplete and insufficient care, and the US healthcare system becomes more fragmented. Integrative medicine provides a holistic, patient centered, evidence-based solution by combining the safest and most effective practices of Western medicine and CAM in a coordinated way. Kaiser Permanente By Kaylee Burrill Published Winter 2025 Special thanks to Mason Scholes for editing and research contributions. Issue Briefs About Contact is a medical group leading the efforts towards integrative medicine with their collaborative care model and integrative clinics around the country.
Recommended Citation
Burrill, Kaylee
(2025)
"Lack of Integration Between Western Medicine and Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) for Treating Adults in America,"
Ballard Brief: Vol. 2025:
Iss.
1, Article 4.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/ballardbrief/vol2025/iss1/4