Whole Person Care: More Than Just A New Name

Person-centred care: more than just improving patient satisfaction?

Health policy has increasingly signalled a move away from an emphasis on specific organs and disease, towards placing the ‘whole’ person at the centre of medicine. The health professional must try to understand what the illness means for the individual, within a social and psychological context. This necessitates listening to that particular person’s point of view, with the ultimate goal of sha...

Oats, more than just a whole grain: an introduction.

In May 2012, an oats workshop was held in New York to convene a group of international experts to discuss the implications and applications of oats relative to human health. These diverse experts represented disciplines including, but not limited to, epidemiology, food regulation, nutrition and food science, grain breeding and plant genetics, food processing, medicine and public-health policy. ...

Dementia Care: More Than Just Prescription Drugs.

In this issue of American Family Physician, Dr. Epperly and colleagues review therapies for managing the cognitive and functional symptoms of Alzheimer disease.1 Although the review discusses nonpharmacologic therapies, it focuses primarily on medications that are widely used in practice. Indeed, prescriptions for medications to treat cognitive impairment have increased worldwide as much as six...

Home care: more than just a visiting nurse.

Department of Biomedical Informatics, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (GRECC), Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System (VAPHS), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA Center for Health Equity Res...

More than just vanilla.