Andrew Weil is an American physician, best known for establishing and popularizing the field of Integrative Medicine.

Andrew Weil is an American physician, best known for establishing and popularizing the field of Integrative Medicine. He is the founder and Program Director of the Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine (http://integrativemedicine.arizona.edu/), which he started in 1994 at the University of Arizona. Weil’s general view is that patients do best utilizing both mainstream and alternative medicine. In general, he believes that mainstream medicine is well-suited to crisis intervention, and alternative medicine is best utilized for prevention and health maintenance. He believes integrative medicine is an intelligent combination of both, and that the focus on healing should be on the body’s own internal healing mechanisms. Nutrition, exercise, and stress reduction are emphasized in almost all of Weil’s health advice.

QUESTIONS:

1) What do you consider to be the essence of the debate between Allopathic & Integrative Medicine? 

2) Which side of the argument do you come down on and why?

SOURCES:

1/ Dr. Knope questions Dr. Andrew Weil’s validity: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qP69WPQ-3zA

2/ Dr. Steven Knope debates Andrew Weil on the merits of Integrative Medicine” 

   Part I: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a11t5NXaOQI&feature=related

   Part II: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vi4PV7HKfBc&feature=related

3/ Integrative Medicine: Bringing Medicine Back to its Roots: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LrReKaLmegJN5YHOUqo6tiLueJfZ-gRm/view?usp=sharing

4/ Integrated Medicine: Imbues Orthodox Medicine with the Values of Complementary Medicine: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dlfnuwlSOuJ2l9C91QMNBhI_peA5txbw/view?usp=sharing