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Many of us see that the health care in this country needs a major renovation, yet we aren’t doing anything about it. Well, Dr. Andrew Weil, founder and director of the Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine is doing something about it. Dr. Weil’s fellowship is the leading effort to develop a comprehensive curriculum in integrative medicine in the world. He has starred in the documentary Escape Fire: The Fight To Rescue American Healthcare, where he states his thoughts on our health care system and what we should do about it. In the movie, Dr. Weil explains the way our healthcare is run and why is it that we need to re-think how we view health care. As of now, our health care is seen as “health care vs. sick care” as explained in the movie. …show more content…
Integrative medicine is a mix of past techniques, as well as the use of new approaches focusing on mental health and wellness therapies (mind and body). In the past, we used medication to make the pain go away, masking it but never removing it. With integrative medicine, we use therapeutical approaches to not only make the pain go away, but focus on the problem and solve it. In integrative medicine, both the patient and the practitioner work together through the healing process. Unlike our ways, in which we prescribe patients the medication they need for the pain to subside, but the injury never being cured. Through integrative medicine, we use the methods of acupuncture, chiropractors, meditation, yoga, etc. in which help the mind and body heal completely. Integrative medicine takes into consideration all factors that impact our health; including our body as well as our mind and spirit. Integrative medicine is becoming a much better healing option than standard medicine. Knowing that integrative medicine is helping the healing process and could possibly be a better option than pain medication, Dr. Weil formed a fellowship in which they offer a different way of thinking for our healthcare system leading towards integrative medicine in our

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