All Saints Health System sent out a 4-page Strategic Initiative Physician Questionnaire to all of the members of its medical staff. It was accompanied by a cover letter from Ellen Mack of the Development Group Center for Trend Forecasting explaining that this was part of a possible new Strategic Initiative, which may lead to some extremely important decision making by the System. Stress is harmful. Stress reduction techniques like biofeedback are a useful adjunct to treatment for some medical conditions. Stress can lead to or exacerbate medical conditions.
Massage can be beneficial to an individual.
Some of my patients might benefit from a structured exercise program. Supervised nutrition should be a part of medical treatment in particular cases. Herbal medicines can be beneficial to some individuals. Physicians were then asked if they believe the biomedical model on which orthodox or mainstream Western medicine is based is the only true or accurate description of how the human body and mind works. On the fourth and final page of the questionnaire, physicians were asked to indicate by means of a checklist whether they used, or were interested or were not interested in a variety of Integrative Medicine methods.