Health Care for the Whole Person

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald F. Levant
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Whole Person

Pandemic Visitation Restrictions at the End of Life

2021 ◽  
Vol 46 (11) ◽  
pp. 3-4
Author(s):  
Molly Antone ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
End Of Life ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Treatment Options ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Medical Practices ◽  
Whole Person ◽  
Catholic Health Care

Dying today looks dramatically different than it did a century ago, largely due to wider treatment options and more specialized medical practices. Often missing from these advancements is the focus on factors relative to a patient’s total circumstances. Especially in light of the recent pandemic, it is incumbent upon Catholic health care providers to treat who whole person rather than simply focus on more utilitarian philosophies of care.

scholarly journals Queering whole person care in a pandemic

2022 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-57
Author(s):  
Jane Shulman ◽  
David Kenneth Wright
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
The Past ◽  
Health Care Experiences ◽  
The People ◽  
Whole Person ◽  
Care Approach ◽  
The Face ◽  
Nursing Educator

How can health care providers (HCPs) working with 2SLGBTQ+ patients enact a whole person care approach during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic and its aftermath, and in such desperate times, is it even reasonable to expect them to? In this presentation, a nurse/nursing educator and a health care researcher/frequent patient discuss their observations and experiences of whole person care during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. The conversation highlights that in the immediate chaos early on, and in the face of exhaustion, trauma, and burnout as the pandemic progressed, attending to the whole personhood of patients was/is paramount for HCPs and for the people they treat. The presenters reflect on the amplified significance of a whole person approach for 2SLGBTQ+ people who may have had negative health care experiences in the past, and may fear that they will not receive equitable care in the chaotic context of a pandemic. A whole person care approach is perhaps most necessary when it is also most difficult. In a period of such profound distress, a deeper sense of connectedness to patients may help HCPs manage feelings of helplessness they are likely to encounter, and surely helps the people they treat. The goal of this presentation is to begin a discussion about the ways that whole person approaches benefit 2SLGBTQ+ patients as well as their HCPs, with the hope that it will spark ideas for attendees to develop in their own practices.

Across the spectrum: Strategies to improve recognition and treatment of mental disorders in primary care

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victoria J. Palmer ◽  
Rob Whitley
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Occupational Therapists ◽  
Whole Person ◽  
Seeking Help

There is an abundance of published literature documenting the important role of primary care in the recognition, treatment and management of mental disorders. Despite this, general practitioners, nurses, social workers, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, and other primary health care professionals remain under acknowledged, and the multidisciplinary team arrangements needed for effective management elusive. Individual and community stigma attached to seeking help has not been removed. This chapter provides an overview of these existing barriers and outlines strategies for implementation to improve recognition and treatment of mental disorders across the spectrum in primary care. These strategies are focused on the delivery of whole person, resulting in integrated and person-centred care.

Religion and Spirituality in Family Medicine

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy P. Daaleman
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Spiritual Care ◽  
Conceptual Models ◽  
Clinical Skills ◽  
Evidence Base ◽  
Care Plan ◽  
Religion And Spirituality ◽  
Beliefs And Values ◽  
Whole Person ◽  
Structured Approach

There is awareness among contemporary family physicians of the intersection of religion and spirituality (R/S) and health care. The rigorous examination of R/S and health outcomes continues to be hampered by methodological challenges and the lack of plausible conceptual models. However one important area of investigation, and growing evidence base, can be found in the spiritual care provided at the end of life. In this clinical setting and other related contexts, a health services perspective provides a structured approach to both research and practice, particularly with contemporary movements to value-based health care. For physicians, the following clinical skills are the foundation to spiritual care: (1) empathy and attentiveness; (2) formulating a whole person care plan that is inclusive of spiritual factors; (3) including pastoral and other spiritual care specialists in the care plan, and; (4) identifying and addressing concordant and discordant beliefs and values when they arise.

Improving VA Whole-Person Health Care Using Functional Nutrition and Mindful Eating in Patients with SCI and Neurologic Disorders

2021 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-32
Author(s):  
Katelyn L. Erickson ◽  
Deborah Ringdahl ◽  
Shelby R. Kulzer ◽  
Nicholas Marka
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Mindful Eating ◽  
Neurologic Disorders ◽  
Whole Person

scholarly journals Whole Person, Whole Journey: Developing a Person-Centred Regional Dementia Strategy

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Paul Stolee ◽  
Jessica Ashbourne ◽  
Jacobi Elliott ◽  
Sarah Main ◽  
Nicole Holland ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Priority Setting ◽  
Health Authority ◽  
Partner Support ◽  
Regional Health ◽  
Health Care Administrators ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Care Partners ◽  
Whole Person ◽  
Care Support

ABSTRACT We present the development of a regional dementia strategy in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. We worked with stakeholders in a regional health authority to develop a dementia strategy. We conducted interviews with persons with dementia and their care partners (n = 26) and health care administrators and policy makers (n = 33); and administered a priority-setting survey (n = 64). Both participant groups identified provider compassion, professionalism, and care in the early stages of dementia as system strengths. Both groups also highlighted a need for more integration and coordination, a need for more person-centred care, support for care partners, and more flexibility in the provision and receipt of services. The highest-ranked priorities were improving care partner support, improving access to care, and improving system-wide quality. We integrate these strengths, needs, and priorities in a strategic framework, “Whole Person, Whole Journey”. Organizations developing a dementia strategy may use this framework as a springboard for their own work.

A rural perspective on health care for the whole person.

2007 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 298-304 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Hudnall Stamm ◽  
David Lambert ◽  
Neill F. Piland ◽  
Nancy C. Speck
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Whole Person

scholarly journals Ethics in Person Centered Medicine: Conceptual Place and Ongoing Developments

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 255-257
Author(s):  
Juan E Mezzich ◽  
James Appleyard ◽  
Michel Botbol ◽  
Tesfa Ghebrehiwet ◽  
Joanna Groves ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Medical Education ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Ethical Standards ◽  
The Core ◽  
Whole Person

Person centered medicine may be defined by its placing the whole person at the center of health and health care. And because of this, ethics seems to be at the core of person centered medicine.  The bases for this assertion are briefly delineated in this statement along with a capsular review of the articles in this issue of the International Journal of Person Centered Medicine. These articles encompass, among others, a set of papers on ethical standards for person centered health research as well as on incorporating ethics in medical education curricula and on tracing certain person centered medicine traditions to philosophical and human rights breakthroughs.

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