found: Work cat.: Textbook of functional medicine, c2005:p. iii ("Functional medicine reflects a systems biology approach to health care ...")
found: World Health Network/American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine web site viewed July 20, 2006(Functional medicine)
found: Vaughan Medical Center online web site viewed July 20, 2006:Functional medicine : medicine of the future ("Functional Medicine is a true holistic approach to helping people achieve vitality ... We try to find causes, not just treat symptoms ... Dr. Jeffrey S. Bland ... coined the term Functional Medicine in 1993, to describe the integrated medicine of the future.")
found: Canadian Center for Functional Medicine web site viewed July 20, 2006(science based field of health care that is patient-centered rather than disease-oriented)
found: Rakel, D. Integrative medicine, 2003:pp. 789-793 ("Functional medicine has been defined as 'the field of healthcare which employs assessment and early intervention into the improvement of physiological, cognitive/emotional, and physical functioning.' A central concept of functional medicine is that nutritional pharmacology can be used as an effective biologic response modifier for the restoration of homeodynamics/homeostasis in individuals with complex, chronic illness.")
