Resource Roundup: Health Equity in Integrative Medicine

Expanding Access to Integrative Medicine Through Shared Medical Appointments

The concept of shared medical appointments invites awareness to multiple dimensions of a person’s health, putting their health problems into context and encouraging a holistic, well-rounded treatment approach, according to Scarlet Soriano, MD, ABOIM, Executive Director of Duke Health & Well-Being and Director of the Leadership Program in Health and Well-Being at the Duke University Health System in Durham, North Carolina.

“We know that things like a healthy body mass index (BMI) and smoking cessation can support physical and mental thriving,” said Soriano at the Institute for Functional Medicine (IFM) Annual International Conference (AIC) in Orlando, Florida. “But we also have historical realities and present-day realities that profoundly impact people's ability to flourish that go beyond those common health factors.”

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