Holistic Medicine Foundation

What you'll learn
Holistic healing and treatment practices
Principles of holistic medicine
The five aspects of holistic health
How to recover from illness with holistic medicine
How do l talk to my doctor about alternative and complimentary health methods
Integrative medicine: find out what works
Complimentary and alternative medicine ( case study)
Understanding the difference between alternative, holistic complimentary medicine
Requirements
No requirement
Description
Holistic medicine means consideration of the complete person, physical, psychologically, socially, and spiritually, in the management and prevention of disease. It is underpinned by the concept that there is a link between our physical health and our more general 'well-being'. In an holistic approach to medicine, there is the belief that our - being relies not just on what is going on in our body physically in terms of illness or disease, but also on the close inter- relation of this with our psychological, emotional, social, spiritual and environment state. These different states can be equally important. They should be managed together so that a person is treated as a whole. In fact some feel that the word holistic should really be spelt 'wholistic'. An holistic approach means that the doctor is informed about a patient's whole life situation. Holistic medicine treats symptoms but it also looks for underlying causes of these symptoms. One way of explaining this is by looking for 'the story behind the story'. An example of this has been described in an accident and emergency setting where patients may present with one problem and then, having had relief from...

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