Holistic Nursing, an Issue of Nursing Clinics

Holistic nursing embraces all nursing which has as its goal the enhancement of healing the whole person from birth to death. It recognizes that there are two views regarding holism: 1) that holism involves identifying the interrelationships of the bio-psycho-social-spiritual dimensions of the person, recognizing that the whole is greater than the sums of its parts; and 2) that holism involves understanding the individual as a unitary whole in mutual process with the environment. Holistic nursing responds to both views, believing that the goals of nursing can be achieved within either framework.Frisch, Noreen is the author of 'Holistic Nursing, an Issue of Nursing Clinics ', published 2007 under ISBN 9781416043423 and ISBN 141604342X.