The Biscayne Institutes

of Health and Living

Whole Person Healthcare

Whole Person Healthcare is a graduate level text that explores humanizing healthcare and making integrative medicine a staple in future treatment.  Marie A. DiCowden, Ph.D., is the editor of Volume One, first of the three-volume series that discusses interdisciplinary health care  with the emphasis on health—not illness. In addition, she has written and co-written five chapters in the book regarding integrative protocols, integrative healthcare and education for children, and the politics  and funding of healthcare.  Volume Two addresses psychology, spirituality and health and Volume Three the role of the arts in health care.  Ilene Serlin, Ph.D. is the series editor.  Dr. Serlin, along with Dean Ornish, M.D. and David Speigel, M.D. have written forewords for the volume series.  They eloquently explain the  goal of the book, and others in the series, to aid the reader in better understanding the most effective aspects of expanding the definition of health care.

 

Volume One provides a more in depth explanation of the HealthCare Community Model™ with a comprehensive description as well as a visual representation of the model.  The book also explores topics such as integrating health and support networks; healing environments; integrative healthcare in hospitals; application of the International Classification of Functioning to determine outcomes; integrative training of professionnals and transdisciplinary public knowledge; and management of the risks involved in integrative, interdisciplinary care.  All chapters are written by nationally recognized experts in the field of health care.

 

PsychCRITIQUES states that the collection of Whole Person Healthcare “should interest all health professionals concerned with the research and practice of integrative approaches, patients seeking to empower themselves, and health care policy makers….Readers can use this book to acquire new skills; even more important, the book will prompt practitioners to pay attention to the whole person, which in turn should result in better care.”

 

Join students and professionals from across the country in familiarizing yourself with the life changing advantages of looking at the “whole person” in healthcare.

 

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