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Health Care

Policy-related issues of health care and the proliferation of integrative medicine, including examples of best practice models.

• Clinical Effectiveness is the Key to Promoting Integrative Medicine
  Professor Chen Keji, a cardiologist and one of the foremost pioneer of integrative medicine stressed that for integrative medicine to be embraced its clinical effectiveness must be demonstrated.
  
• Strategies in Developing Integrative Medicine in China
  Training of academic personnel and continued development of hospitals, schools and research institutions are key steps in advancing the profession of integrative medicine, asserts Dr. Chen Shikui.
  
• Using Herbal Medicine in Denmark
  Peter Frandsen, M.D., Medical Director of the Odsense University Hospital in Denmark, discusses the challenges Traditional Chinese Medicine faces in the Western world.
  
• How to Bridge Traditional Chinese and Western Medicines
  Leroy Hood, Ph.D. discusses the important role of the systems approach that uses new strategies, technologies, and computational tools, which, together, may hold the key to successfully blending traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine.
  
• When The Best of Western Medicine Is Not Good Enough
  More people than ever before are seeking other healting options when the best of Western medicine falls short, stated Dr. Gustav Dobos, M.D., Professor of Internal Medicine, and Chair of Complementary and Integrative Medicine at the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany.
  
• Path to Leadership in Integrative Medicine
  A pioneer of integrative medicine, Dr. Chen Keji, tells about his childhood contact with traditional Chinese medicine, and how he later took upon the study of Chinese medicine after his training in Western medicine.
  
• Defining Integrative East-West Medicine
  In five succinct statements, Professor Li En sums up the scope and objectives of Integrative East-West Medicine.
  
• Traditional Chinese Medicine in the United Kingdom from the Eye of a Leader
  Despite receiving both good and bad press in the past, Eastern medicines are slowly becoming more accepted in Europe, stated Professor Man Fong Mei.
  
• What the Future May Hold for Integrative Medicine
  Multiple perspectives for the future of integrative medicine and its integration into mainstream practices were shared by Professor Chun-Tao Che, Dean of the School of Chinese Medicine, Chinese University of Hong Kong; Professor Ka-Kit Hui, Director of the UCLA Center for East-West Medicine; and Dr. David Wong, rheumatologist in Canada.
  
• Overcoming Hurdles in Gaining Acceptance by the Mainstream
  The biggest challenges for traditional Chinese medicine is to prove that it is safe and evidence-based, stated Professor Gustav Dobos of Germany. These hurdles include difficulties in obtaining funding for research in this area.