title: [General integral medicine: the strategic direction for complex health interventions].
abstract: Nowadays, the simple combination of Western medicine (WM) and complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) cannot resolve all the health problems and various requirements. This article proposed the general integral medicine (GIM) theoretical model, which declares the disease causes analysis, clinical intervention and outcomes assessment should be recognized, managed and evaluated both from physiological, psychological, and spiritual status, and all the four dimensions: orthodox medicine (WM, Chinese medicine, etc.), individual inherent characteristics (emotion, attitude, psychology, etc.), cultural influences (doctors, caregivers, groups care, etc.), and natural environment and social systems (economic status, social security system, environmental pollution, etc). As for health outcomes assessment, a more comprehensive system including biological, doctors, patients, health intimate, social and environmental evaluations were required. The GIM model has individualized, dynamic, standardized, objective, systematic inherent characteristics, and opening and compatible external characteristics. It aims to provide the new theoretical guidance and strategic development direction for complex health interventions, and solve various medical related psychological and social problems.
authors.forename: Zheng-kun
authors.initials: ZK
authors.lastname: Hou
authors.forename: Feng-bin
authors.initials: FB
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Yun-ying
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Xin-lin
authors.initials: XL
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Li-juan
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Pei-wu
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Yuan-peng
authors.initials: YP
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000529:Complementary Therapies; D006262:Health; D006801:Humans; D055048:Integrative Medicine; D008962:Models, Theoretical