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For years, my husband and I lived on - and because of - hope.

Hope continues to give me the mental strength to carry on." The project was the last she is known to have completed before her March 6 death.

Reeve's appearance after her death unintentionally underscores one of the central points of the documentary: holistic medicine is a tool for fighting illness - not a cure-all.

"We get patients looking for a magic cure," said Dr Tracy Gaudet, an obstetrician-gynaecologist who heads the Duke Centre for Integrative Medicine in Durham.

"We're not in the business of magic cures; we're in the business of good medicine." The centre uses any available technique - from alternative to mainstream - that might improve a patient's experience and outcome, Gaudet said.

Accepted practices include herbal supplements, acupuncture, massage and meditation.

The New Medicine, though, almost consciously avoids a New Age tone.

There are no magic crystals, no "cancer diets" or trips to Mexico for treatments outlawed in the US.

Just a sincere effort to find something - anything - that will lead to a better quality of life for patients.

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