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“Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness,” a phrase taken directly from the Declaration of Independence, indicates the basic values identified by the founders of our nation. Of the three, life is the most fundamental as without it, liberty and the pursuit of happiness are meaningless. Health, of course, is the underpinning of life and therefore, it is puzzling that there is so little general demand for an explicit public emphasis on nourishing health as a personal and social resource. Indeed, despite spending enough on “health care” to threaten our economy, our country is rife with chronic disease, is facing a growing epidemic of obesity and ill health, has. | Integrative Medicine and the Health of the Public A Summary of the February 2009 Summit Andrea M. Schultz Samantha M. Chao and J. Michael McGinnis Rapporteurs Institute of Medicine ISBN 0-309-13902-3 250 pages 6 x 9 2009 This free PDF was downloaded from http catalog Visit the National Academies Press online the authoritative source for all books from the National Academy of Sciences the National Academy of Engineering the Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council Download hundreds of free books in PDF Read thousands of books online free Sign up to be notified when new books are published Purchase printed books Purchase PDFs Explore with our innovative research tools Thank you for downloading this free PDF. If you have comments questions or just want more information about the books published by the National Academies Press you may contact our customer service department toll-free at 888-624-8373 visit us online or send an email to comments@. This free book plus thousands more books are available at http . Copyright National Academy of Sciences. Permission is granted for this material to be shared for noncommercial educational purposes provided that this notice appears on the reproduced materials the Web address of the online full authoritative version is retained and copies are not altered. To disseminate otherwise or to republish requires written permission from the National Academies Press. THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES Advisers to the Notion on Science Engineering and Medicine Integrative Medicine and the Health of the Public A Summary of the February 2009 Summit http catalog INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE AND THE HEALTH OF THE PUBLIC A SUMMARY OF THE FEBRUARY 2009 SUMMIT Andrea M. Schultz Samantha M. Chao and J. Michael McGinnis Rapporteurs INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES PRESS Washington . Copyright National Academy of Sciences. All rights .