The Art of Holistic Care - What Should the GP Know?

  • D Van Velden University of Stellenbosch

Abstract

Back to the Future... The themc for the 1998 GP Congress has appropriately been chosen as "The art of holistic care". Why did the organisers of the Congress choose this artistic theme? Although the family physician is in the ideal position to practise holistically, this is not always the case. There are many reasons why we have lost the art of holistic care, some of which we will explore in this article.

Author Biography

D Van Velden, University of Stellenbosch
MBChB, MPraxMed, Dept of Family Medicine and Primary Care
Issue
Vol 19 No 2 (1998)
Section
Original Research
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