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Many practitioners consider that osteopathy and medicine should merge. But osteopathic organizations like better to retain a separate identity and have exaggerated the minor differences between osteopathy and medicine in their marketing. According to a 1987 AOA brochure, for example: (a) osteopathy is that the sole branch of mainstream medicine that follows the Hippocratic approach, (b) the body's system is central to the patient's well-being, and (c) OMT may be a proven technique for several hands-on diagnoses and sometimes can provide an alternate to drugs and surgery . A brochure from 1991 which falsely claimed that OMT encourages the body's natural tendency toward healthiness which combining it with all other medical procedures enables DOs to supply "the most comprehensive treatment available.

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