Integrated (or integrative) medicine is an emerging concept of healthcare.1, 2 The term first describes a healthcare system ‘that selectively incorporates elements of complementary and alternative medicine into comprehensive treatment plans...’.1 Second, it stands for ‘a larger meaning and mission’; with regard to healthcare one that has a ‘focus . . . on health and healing rather than disease and treatment. It views patients as whole people with minds and spirits as well as bodies...’.1 The latter definition essentially replicates that of holistic healthcare. The principles of holism are acceptable to most clinicians,3 in fact one could argue that they are an essential element of any good medicine. So, I suggest we continue to call it holism rather than introduce new terminology that can only confuse.