How to Measure Nothing
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…
Patient Education
With chronic illness, medical treatment alone is only responsible for up to 20% of improvement. The other 80% comes from lifestyle, behavior, and environmental causes outside the doctor’s office. We…
Treatment
From the point of diagnosis, patients are thrust into an unknown and overwhelming situation. Outside of cancer, they have personal obligations that can also impact their health. Family, work, community—all of these areas are impacted by a cancer diagnosis.
Whole Person Primary Care
Whole person primary care is just good medicine. It is person-centered, relationship-based care, and it takes into account the social, spiritual, emotional, and behavioral aspects of health as well as…
Whole Person Cancer Care
It is really a disease of people—whole people and their loved ones. And cancer affects not only the body but the mind and spirit as well. The effects of a…
The Tipping Point for Healing
I’ve often wondered what will be the first signs that our health care system in the U.S. is shifting toward whole person, preventative care. The first hint I got that…
Who pays for healing?
Salutogenesis: The creation of health and homeostasis is the underlying process of healing that occurs constantly, every second, every day from the time we’re born until we die. When it…
Trauma and Recovery
Without trauma there is no healing, no resilience, no health and no wellbeing. Trauma and recovery are dance partners with very different steps but are nonetheless inseparable. Much of the…
Dr. Kavitha Reddy: Whole Health from the VA Perspective
Welcome to our inaugural episode of How Healing Works! I'm happy you're here. In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Kavitha Reddy, the Associate Director of Employee Whole Health…
Whole Person Care: A Path to Wellbeing
“I am too young to have all this pain and anxiety, doc. I used to be healthy. I was deployed to Afghanistan twice and could keep up with any of…