As healthcare started to be given in holistic approach, spiritual dimension has gained value by getting as much importance as other dimensions (physical, emotional and psycho-social) and this approach has removed the idea of the sipiritual deminsion being only for religious focus. Holistic nursing care is composed of a multidimensional structure including medical, moral, spiritual and religious...

The World Health Organisation suggests that sexuality should be more fully recognised within healthcare, arguing that all individuals should be able to enjoy and control sexual and reproductive behaviour and be free from shame, fear, guilt and false beliefs (Mace et al. 1974). An holistic and client-centred approach to care recognises that individuals ‘are only given their full respect as peopl...

Healthcare interventions can be episodic, and a target-based culture can lead to clinicians focusing on treating and discharging a person in a certain time frame to meet targets. When health care is delivered in pressurized acute environments, a holistic approach to a person's health may be lost. Urinary tract infection is the most common healthcare-acquired infection in the UK, and treatment i...