Integrative Healthcare in India: A Paradigm Shift in Modern Medical Education and Practice of 21st Century

The famous Canadian physician William Osler once said that “the good treats the disease; great patient who has disease.” Integrative health holds same philosophy by bringing together conventional and complementary approaches in a coordinated care for whole person (body, mind, spirit) rather than giving specializing to particular organ system. can be contrasted with alternative medicine which takes nonconventional treatment instead of medicine. According Consortium Academic Health Centers Medicine Health, integrative is defined as practice reaffirms importance relationship between practitioner patient, focuses on person, supported evidence, utilized all appropriate therapeutic lifestyle approaches, healthcare professionals disciplines achieve optimal healing.