Are humanistic health care and holistic health care the same thing?

This comes from the National Institute of Health in the link below: "Humanistic medicine appears to focus more upon the human or subjective side of caring and personal satisfaction, and the holistic approach emphasizes more a personal responsibility for health and the well-being of the whole person. " pdf.

"Holistic medicine is the art and science of healing that addresses care of the whole person - body, mind, and spirit. The practice of holistic medicine integrates conventional and complementary therapies to promote optimal health, and prevent and treat disease by addressing contributing factors.In practice, this means that each person is seen as a unique individual, rather than an example of a particular disease. Disease is understood to be the result of physical, emotional, spiritual, social and environmental imbalance.

Healing, therefore, takes place naturally when these aspects of life are brought into proper balance. The role of the practitioner is as guide, mentor and role model; the patient must do the work - changing lifestyle, beliefs and old habits in order to facilitate healing. All appropriate methods may be used, from medication to meditation.

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Humanistic medicine or values-based medicine is an interdisciplinary field in the practice of clinical care, aimed at addressing the problems of contemporary health care. The fundamental principles of humanistic medicine are open communication, mutual respect, and emotional connection between physicians and their patients, termed "relationship-centered" or "patient-centered" care, in contrast to "case-centered" or "disease-centered" care. "Read more here: mja.com.au/public/issues/177_06_160902/l... org/wiki/Humanistic_medicine.

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