As health care professionals, we frequently encounter patients with complex medical histories. However, treating U.S. military veterans with cancer presents a unique set of challenges that often necessitate a specialized approach. Having been a U.S.…
Cancer-related fatigue (CRF) is extremely common. Experienced by 30%-60% of our patient with cancer during treatment, CRF can last for months or years for 20%-30% of patients.1-3 This is no ordinary tired feeling: cancer-related fatigue…
As a practicing family physician in the military health system, Wayne Jonas, MD, used to ignore his own wellbeing to spend more time caring for—and connecting with—his patients. He rarely got enough sleep or took breaks.…
When Wayne B. Jonas, MD, started practicing medicine in 1981, he was the only physician responsible for two entire battalions and their families – about 4,000 people. He learned quickly how to deliver person-centered, relationship-based…
Uncovering what matters Whole person health has come a long way. When we first developed the Personal Health Inventory (PHI), this tool was revolutionary. Asking patients about what mattered in their lives? Considering what brought…
An excerpt from Healing and Cancer: A Guide to Whole Person Care If you've never (until reading Healing and Cancer) heard of the Personal Health Inventory (PHI) as a tool or the HOPE visit as…
Navigating the complexities of oncology care often means addressing more than just the clinical aspects of cancer. Conventional healthcare models, with their focus on symptom management and disease treatment, sometimes miss the holistic needs of…
In health care, if you do not name and document a problem or a process, it remains invisible. It might as well be nothing. The biggest problem we have for improving health and lowering the…
America's health care spending is more than double the per capita average of other high-income countries, yet health outcomes and life expectancy in the United States lag considerably. How can society as a whole finance…
WASHINGTON (Oct. 12, 2023) – Patients and oncologists are supportive of complementary therapies, such as nutrition counseling, exercise, massage, and mediation, for cancer treatment, according to a new survey conducted on behalf of the Healing…
