The Academic Union for Health and Integrative Medicine reached the following definition: "It is a holistic medicine based on proven scientific evidence, aiming to benefit from all treatment methods, lifestyle, health care and specialties in order to reach the optimal health condition by focusing on the relationship between the patient and his doctor."[1] Proponents of integrative[2] medicine point out that it differs from complementary and alternative medicine and deny that it combines them with traditional medicine[3]. Rather, they affirm that "its primary goal is to reach treatment of the person (in its biological, psychological, social and spiritual aspects) by relying on the methods of traditional medicine and complementary and alternative medicine alike by creating an effective and supportive relationship between the patient and his doctor." Opponents of integrative medicine consider it synonymous with complementary medicine or non-scientific treatments, as David Gorski writes that the term "complementary medicine" has become the preferred term for describing non-scientifically based medicine.[4]