Explore: The Journal of Science and Healing
Volume 2, Issue 6 , Pages 509-514 , November 2006

World Hypotheses and the Evolution of Integrative Medicine: Combining Categorical Diagnoses and Cause-Effect Interventions with Whole Systems Research and Nonvisualizable (Seemingly “Impossible”) Healing

  • Gary E. Schwartz, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Psychology, Medicine, Neurology, Psychiatry, and Surgery, Laboratory for Advances in Consciousness and Health, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
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  • Ernest P. Schloss, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Administration, University of Arizona College of Medicine, University Medical Center, and University Physicians Healthcare, Tucson, AZ
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding Author. Address: PO Box 245017, Tucson, Arizona 85724-5017.

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 This work was partially supported by NIH P20 AT00774-01 (Center for Frontier Medicine in Biofield Science, G.E.S. Director) from the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM). The contents of this paper are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of NCCAM or NIH.

PII: S1550-8307(06)00368-5

doi: 10.1016/j.explore.2006.08.003

Explore: The Journal of Science and Healing
Volume 2, Issue 6 , Pages 509-514 , November 2006