By Nancy Sudak, MD, ABIHM
Those of you who are familiar with Planetree know that it is a healthcare system whose vision is to promote the development and implementation of innovative models of healthcare that focus on healing and nurturing body, mind and spirit. As an international leader in patient-centered care, Planetree has been pioneering methods for personalizing, humanizing and demystifying the healthcare experience for patients and their families for 30 years. Planetree hospitals and clinics are visible in most states, and even in several countries outside of the USA.
Planetree’s Annual Conference is occurring at the very end of this month...
David London, MD, ABIHM
The course and certification opened a stargate: a world of healthcare beyond the traditional beneficial to my patients, a rewarding and confident change of clinical practice from general psychiatry to integrative holistic psychiatry, and life-long learning as exciting as a favorite hobby.
ABIHM/Scripps Annual Review Course Comments
Presented by ABIHM Board Member, Nick Jacobs, FACHE
I’m speaking at the American Board of Integrative Holistic Medicine’s Educational Conference today at 2:00 PM, but have been listening intently to the various presenters — my fellow board members, throughout the event. All of these folks are MD’s who embrace holistic (body, mind and spirit) and integrative (the world’s greatest) treatment modalities for appropriate care in medicine.
I’ve learned about Abraham Flexner who wrote a white paper in 1910 that became the de facto guideline for what would be taught in medical schools; essentially, a reductionist approach to practicing medicine which has...