Episode 740: ANDREW WEIL MD (2003)-America’s most trusted doctor of integrative medicine

About this episode

Terrence McNally interviews Andrew Weil MD about the evolution of integrative medicine and its connection to nature and healing.

When many believe HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. - lacking in scientific, medical or public health training - is giving alternative medicine a bad name, here’s my 2003 conversation with Andrew Weil MD. We trace the evolution of Dr. Weil’s work and thinking from his earliest understandings of health and healing to his ongoing commitment to train a new generation of physicians. Weil’s definition of integrative medicine: rooted in the connection of medicine with nature and the natural healing potential of the organism, it utilizes the magic of the doctor/patient relationship to treat the whole person. On this episode, Weil, Spontaneous HealingHyla Cass MD joins the conversation.

People in this episode

Host: Terrence McNally

Guests: Andrew Weil MD, Hyla Cass MD

Topics covered

• integrative medicine
• health and healing
• doctor/patient relationship
• alternative medicine
• medical training

Keywords

• integrative medicine
• health
• healing
• doctor
• patient relationship
• alternative medicine
• medical training

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