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...

The promotion and the protection of physical and, recently, mental health is a globally recognized priority. This is not true though with regard for their interrelationship which has received little attention from both medical branches. It is well known that physical healthproblems or disabilities are accompanied by or combined with mental health symptoms or disorders and vice versa. The advant...

Mental health is not just the absence of mental disorder, but is a state in which an individual has a sense of well being in which he or she realizes his or her own potential, can cope with the normal stresses of life and thus can work productively and fruitfully and is able to contribute to their own community. Mental illness is not uncommon with approximately 450 million people affected globa...

The conventional biomedical concept of the “human subject” is out of step with World Health Organization’s (WHO) holistic definition of health. The “human subject” in international and national research-ethics policies is a highly individualistic, autonomous person, in contrast to WHO’s holistic definition of the healthy person. Qualitative research, this paper suggests, offers a way out of thi...

The Quality of Life Research Center, Copenhagen, Denmark; Research Clinic for Holistic Medicine, Copenhagen, Denmark; Nordic School of Holistic Medicine, Copenhagen, Denmark; Scandinavian Foundation for Holistic Medicine, Sandvika, Norway; Interuniversity College, Graz, Austria; Norwegian School of Management, Sandvika, Norway; National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Office of...

preparing long term reformatory plan for the health system, like other macro plans, requires guiding principles which is according to the values, and as a bridge, connect the ideals and values to the goals. this study was designed with the purpose of explaining the values and principles of health system, and as a pre-requisite to compilation of iran's health system reform plan at 2025.the docum...

Although intentionality has been implicated as a causal variable in healing research, its definition has been inconsistent and vague. The objective of this grounded theory study is to develop a substantive theory of intentionality in a naturalistic encounter between nurse-healers and their healee-clients, and to consider the implications for practice and research. Six expert nurse-healers and s...

Nurses have defined their domain as holistic with a focus of promoting health. Cultural conceptualizations of health and illness have been changing toward a more complex understanding enriched by perspectives from many disciplines. Health, a more holistic concept than disease, has invited expanded cognitive constructions that accommodate an understanding of the biology, environment, social posi...

Søren Ventegodt, MD, MMedSci, EU-MScCAM and Joav Merrick, MD, MMedSci, DMSc Quality of Life Research Center, Copenhagen, Denmark; Research Clinic for Holistic Medicine and Nordic School of Holistic Medicine, Copenhagen, Denmark; Scandinavian Foundation for Holistic Medicine, Sandvika, Norway; Interuniversity College, Graz, Austria; National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Offic...