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Purpose Integrative Medicine has been practiced in different hospitals in Germany for several decades. For example, several anthroposophic hospitals integrate conventional medicine with methods including the use of natural remedies, rhythmic embrocations, art therapy and biographic counseling. Moreover, patient-centeredness is a fundamental therapeutic approach especially in Integrative Medicin...

This article, the last in a 4-part series on philosophical problems in conventional and integrative medicine, focuses on problems related to deriving methodologies for identifying integrative assessment and treatment approaches. Methodologies used to verify claims made for a particular conventional or nonconventional approach can be regarded as empirically derived, consensus-based, or intuitive...

This study aimed to compare evidence-based medicine (EBM) vs. conventional approaches to journal club sessions in teaching critical appraisal skills in reading papers by emergency medicine residents. This double cut off discontinuation regression quasi-experimental study was conducted among emergency medicine residents. EBM vs. the conventional approach were applied to teach critical appraisal ...