Hospital-based Integrative Medicine : A Case Study of the Barriers and Factors Facilitating the Creation of a Center

This study tracks the establishment of a single hospital-based integrative medicine center. Although some factors clearly worked in favor of the center, the hospital had few models to guide it and no experience in creating such a clinic. Thus, it made many decisions in the areas of administration, finance, and legal issues that created barriers to the center's success, and the center was ultimately closed. This title presents the results of a five-year study of a hospital-based center for integrative medicine.