Holism & Health

  • “A Commentary on Psychosomatic Medicine”

    Who can ever establish when a case of heart disease really started? Was it with the first change in electrical activity, was it with the first symptom of pain in the chest, or was it when subtle biochemical changes occurred or when there were subtle pathological changes in the blood vessels of the heart, perhaps many years before the patient ever had a complaint?

  • “An Understanding of Holistic Medicine”

    A true understanding of a patient is an understanding of his total universe. This is holistic medicine.

  • “A Note on Being ‘Holistic’ ”

    "Holistic" concerns the way you treat a patient, in which you assess all factors influencing him – spiritual, mental and physical – as he goes through life.

  • “What Is Homeostasis?”

    Homeostasis is defined by the American Heritage Dictionary as "the ability or tendency of an organism or a cell to maintain internal equilibrium."