Providing Whole-Person Care

Health care for the whole person.

Chaplains' Skills Support Whole-Person Care.

As medical practice slowly becomes more receptive to treating the mind and spirit along with the body, the team model of palliative care is rippling into other disciplines. Qualified chaplains and receptive physicians already are taking the “whole person” approach, and greater acceptance may lead to happier patients. Awareness in the United States is growing that spiritual care is an essential ...

The first international congress on whole person care--a report.

This report on the First International Congress on Whole Person Care, sponsored by McGill University, is based on the experiences of two attending authors who developed a poster of Integral Theory that emphasized the importance of taking multiple perspectives in all areas of human inquiry to allow a "big picture" perspective on medicine. Interiors (thoughts, intentions, will) of both physician ...

Whole person care: encompassing the two faces of medicine.

Improving healthcare delivery with the transformational whole person care model.

A Whole Person Care model was developed by The New England School of Whole Health Education following a 2-year pilot study that demonstrated the transformational effects of whole health education. This holistic model of health education and behavioral interaction provides a tool for nurses, physicians, and staff to redirect the momentum of care toward in-the-moment, relationship-centered whole ...