Whole Person Care
Healing Works Foundation’s mission is to make whole person, integrative care regular and routine.
Led by Dr. Wayne Jonas, HWF partners with a diverse group of wellbeing innovators. It creates platforms, processes, programs, tools and services to support and magnify insights and innovations in healing and whole person care principally in primary care and oncology.
Healing Works Foundation Blog
How to Do Whole Person Care in Rural Areas
Rural health care presents unique challenges and opportunities that require thoughtful approaches. As clinicians, we can make significant impacts on rural health outcomes by considering patients' whole health—body, mind, and spirit. Understanding Rural Health Care…
How a Caring Community Helps with Health Journeys
Discover how meaningful support from family, friends, and community can ease the burden of illness and caregiving. Learn how platforms like CaringBridge help organize help, share updates, and foster healing through connection.
Employer Group Launches Cancer Support Effort
The Purchaser Business Group on Health has been working on an effort to guide the business world on how to best support their employees and family members with cancer.
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Whole Person Care in Rural Areas
Rural health is about more than overcoming challenges. It’s about harnessing unique strengths: deep community ties, restorative natural settings, and a culture of resilience. Whole person care empowers patients and clinicians to build health and healing together, honoring the mind, body, and spirit. This guide focuses on strategies to implement whole person care in rural settings.
CME Courses Available at No Cost
Integrative Approaches to Chronic Pain Management Course
Learn Better Strategies For Treating Your Patients With Chronic Pain
Introducing Whole Person Care Into Your Practice
Clinician as Healer in Primary Care
Whole Person Cancer Care Course
Clinician as Healer
Patient Assessment Tool for Your Practice
The personal health inventory is a tool to help you deliver whole person care. It is a PRO tool that provides a better understanding of your patient and the internal and external influences on their health. To make it easy for your practice, we have three formats available to be used in primary care or oncology:
