Synopses & Reviews
For several decades, a rapidly emerging new medical paradigm has supported a renaissance in our understanding of lifelong wellness. In this timely book, Dr. Saputo presents the inspiring story of this new medicine, and reveals how it can unlock the door to a health care system that works for
all Americans.
Corporatized medicine only gets to work once disease occurs. Integrative medicine, on the other hand, prioritizes prevention and non-invasive treatments as the first line of defense, and blends the best-evidenced solutions from both mainstream and alternative healing modalities.
Conventional medicine’s obsession with profitably treating symptoms drives up the cost of health care. And with nearly half of us lacking access to adequate health insurance, how do we deliver care to every American? Saputo and cowriter Byron Belitsos argue that single-payer national health insurance is a necessary but insufficient solution. A genuine return to healing requires that we combine regulatory reform with support for a transformed medical paradigm.
Dr. Saputo’s novel prescription for change draws from his front-line work as a cofounder of the Health Medicine movement and originator of one of America’s first integrative medical clinics. Studded with essential wisdom for healthy living and with compelling stories drawn from his forty years of practice, A Return to Healing is rich with the latest research in both biomedical science and health care policy—and is a superb guide to the future of medicine.
Review
“The vision expressed in
A Return to Healing stands out as exceptional—wise, workable, and utterly necessary to steer us from a disease-care model to an authentic, genuine, health care approach.”
—Larry Dossey, MD
Author of The Power of Premonitions and Reinventing Medicine
Review
“Finally—the book to tell the whole truth about our ailing health care system and how to overhaul it. Len Saputo, MD, and co-author Byron Belitsos offer an honest and radically refreshing new strategy for reform.”
—Meg Jordan, PhD, RN
Department Chair, Integrative Health Studies
California Institute of Integral Studies
Review
“Through his personal journey that began as a Duke University–trained MD and led to his being one of our most prominent integrative care practitioners, Len Saputo has seen it all. In
A Return to Healing, Len pilots us through our failing medical system and failing health to a brighter future of peak health and a system of health care that works.”
—Lee Lipsenthal, MD
Author of Finding Balance in a Medical Life
Past President of the American Board of Integrative Holistic Medicine
Review
“At last, here is a book about health care that asks the right questions—not
how can we pay for medical treatment for all, but
what treatment should we pay for; not
which drugs should be used first, but
should drugs be the first line of defense? Dr. Saputo provides much-needed answers to those burning health care questions currently in the news and before Congress."
—Ellen Hodgson Brown, JD
Author of The Web of Debt and Forbidden Medicine
Synopsis
For several decades, a rapidly emerging new medical paradigm has supported a renaissance in our understanding of lifelong wellness. In this timely book, Dr. Saputo presents the inspiring story of this new medicine, and reveals how it can unlock the door to a health care system that works for all Americans.
Corporatized medicine only gets to work once disease occurs. Integrative medicine, on the other hand, prioritizes prevention and non-invasive treatments as the first line of defense, and blends the best-evidenced solutions from both mainstream and alternative healing modalities.
Conventional medicine's obsession with profitably treating symptoms drives up the cost of health care. And with nearly half of us lacking access to adequate health insurance, how do we deliver care to every American? Saputo and cowriter Byron Belitsos argue that single-payer national health insurance is a necessary but insufficient solution. A genuine return to healing requires that we combine regulatory reform with support for a transformed medical paradigm.
Dr. Saputo's novel prescription for change draws from his front-line work as a cofounder of the Health Medicine movement and originator of one of America's first integrative medical clinics. Studded with essential wisdom for healthy living and with compelling stories drawn from his forty years of practice, A Return to Healing is rich with the latest research in both biomedical science and health care policy--and is a superb guide to the future of medicine.
About the Author
Len Saputo, MD, a graduate of Duke University Medical School, is board certified in internal medicine, and was in private practice in affiliation with John Muir Medical Center for more than thirty years. After his awakening to the deep flaws in conventional medicine, Saputo developed a new paradigm that is now known as integral-health medicine. He founded the Health Medicine Forum in 1994, and went on to found and direct the Health Medicine Center in Walnut Creek, California , one of the first integrative clinics. He is the coauthor of Boosting Immunity: Creating Wellness Naturally; has edited six books, including Beating the Years and Boosting Your Digestive Health; and has authored book chapters and journal articles on numerous medical and health subjects. Byron Belitsos is a widely published journalist, author, and editor. He was educated at the University of Chicago and was an inaugural member of the Integral Institute.