Holistic to me is a mindset. One can treat patients with that mindset, using all of the tools in the legitimate medical arsenal as well as any "non-Western" stuff that isn't harmful. For example, Narrative Medicine is being taught and utilized in major medical centers now. (I did a certificate at Columbia U in NM and am happy to answer questions, if I may boast a little bit.) To reject modern medicine out of hand is sheer stupidity and orneriness. If these morons knew what life and death were like a few centuries ago maybe they'd ....oh nevermind.
Sadly the new docs have their noses in the computer and seldom look me in the eye even when speaking to me directly. This method would likely have my crying too much to respond. Empathy... the lost art. How lovely for your patients that you found it.
Holistic to me is a mindset. One can treat patients with that mindset, using all of the tools in the legitimate medical arsenal as well as any "non-Western" stuff that isn't harmful. For example, Narrative Medicine is being taught and utilized in major medical centers now. (I did a certificate at Columbia U in NM and am happy to answer questions, if I may boast a little bit.) To reject modern medicine out of hand is sheer stupidity and orneriness. If these morons knew what life and death were like a few centuries ago maybe they'd ....oh nevermind.