Trained as both a medical physician and an anthropologist, Dr. Micozzi was the founding editor of the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine and now serves on the editorial board of Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine. In this interview with Dr. Daniel Redwood, Dr. Micozzi discusses major issues of concern in the field of alternative medicine, including the fact that the United States lags far behind Europe in the integration of these therapies into mainstream practice.
Science is science.
Every person really has to be responsible to stay healthy, and get well when they're sick, and has to focus on their ability to care for themselves. It's not a surprise. When you look at the health care crisis that we're in, it's a crisis for both practitioners and for patients. You know, doctors want to heal, and there are a lot of problems people have for which mainstream medicine has no really good alternative, to use the term in that way. That bothers patients and it bothers doctors.