Integrated Health Care: A Holistic Approach to Public Health

A holistic approach to environmental health research.

One of the most formidable questions facing the environmental health research community today is how to translate basic fundamental research into a product (e.g., disease outcome) that meets the needs of its stakeholders--the medical community, regulatory agencies, and ultimately, the citizens of our nation. Historically, a successful research program could be defined as one that received conti...

Holistic health care?

Holistic Health Care

What is it, and how can we achieve it? Summary This paper develops a systematic and logically consistent model of holistic healthcare. Holism refers to an approach to health which acknowledges that health depends upon many interrelated components which interact in such a way that the overall effect constitutes health (or illness). The current understanding of illness is, in contrast, linear and...

The Holistic Approach to Prostate Health

other than skin cancers, in American men and is the second-leading cause of cancer death in this group. The American Cancer Society estimates that during 2007 some 218,890 new cases of prostate cancer will be diagnosed in the United States and 27,050 men will die from it—accounting for about 10% of cancer-related deaths in U.S. men. About 1 man in 6 will be diagnosed with prostate cancer during...

Alternative Health for Holistic Care

Health care reforms, including health insurance reform and universal coverage, are being driven by the people in Thailand to decrease costs, enhance quality, and expand access. Alternative health indicates, not only cost effectiveness, but also high quality of care. It is a fully-integrated holistic care which is composed of body, mind, and spirit. The best approach is the softest and gentlest ...