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Dr Andrew Weil is a strong advocate for integration of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) into medical training and practice.^1-2 The purpose of this communication is to respond to a recent position paper on this topic that he coauthored with Snyderman.³ I believe that the rationale they present for integrative medicine is unconvincing, and their depiction of its principles and practices is misleading.

The first part of their article addresses the crisis in the American health care system, "The chassis is broken and the wheels are coming off." Their analysis of the crisis emphasizes the deterioration in patient-physician relationships, which they attribute to scientific medicine. They acknowledge that the reforms in medical education that followed the Flexner report improved understanding of disease and medical care. However, they state that emphasis on developing a scientific basis for medical practice led to a reductionist model of medicine that emphasizes molecular biology, technology, . . . [Full Text of this Article]