What is Holistic Care?

It is a philosophy of healthcare that views physical, mental, emotional and spiritual aspects of life as closely interconnected and equally important approaches to treatment. While frequently associated with integrative medicine, it may also be used in medical practice as part of a broad view of patient care.

As the cliché goes: the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. My approach is to positively affect an infinite rather than finite number of issues in the living organism.

The terms “holistic medicine” and “integrative medicine” describe approaches to patients and therapies, respectively. 27 Holistic medicine refers to caring for the whole patient-body, mind, emotions, and spirit-in the context of the patient’s and family’s values, culture, and community; this is simply another way of stating the highest ideals of conventional medicine.28 Integrative medicine refers to considering a broad range of therapies. Integrative medicine takes evidence-based medicine 1 step further by including consideration of all possible therapies, not simply those that have been part of mainstream medical practice.