Holism
Osteopathic Health Care, Holism. If we take a holistic view of human beings, based upon systems theory, then we are a summing up of our parts that is our biophysical, cognitive, affective, social and spiritual domains. Our understanding of ourselves has to do with the way in which we relate to the rest of the […]
Osteopathic Health Care Holism/ Function & Property
Question; was Andrew Taylor Still’s understanding of structure related to, “the bits” or did he have a much wider perspective? If we consider structure not to be the parts themselves but the physical arrangement of the parts, then quite clearly we have what could be considered a holistic anatomy. If we understand structure in that […]
Osteopathic Health Care Holism/ Function & Property
What is the understanding of function in holism? What is being described when we refer to the function of a tissue, organ, system, or even the organism itself? It is important in the first place to distinguish between function and property. Both meanings can be implied in the use of the word function, for example, […]
Osteopathic Health Care Holism/ Function & Property
What is the understanding of function in holism? What is being described when we refer to the function of a tissue, organ, system, or even the organism itself? It is important in the first place to distinguish between function and property. Both meanings can be implied in the use of the word function, for example, […]
Osteopathic Health Care Holism
Questions: Is holism about treatment? Is there such thing as a holistic therapist or is there only a holistic way of understanding a person with the view to intervening therapeutically? Surgery can be as holistic as arnica and vice versa. Holism is not about treating the whole person. The practitioner who starts at the patient’s […]
DEFINITIONS OF OSTEOPATHY
American Academy of Osteopathy That system of the healing art which places the chief emphasis on the structural integrity of the body mechanism, as being the most important single factor to maintain the well-being of the organism in health and disease. Andrew Taylor Still (Autobiography) Osteopathy is that science which consists of such exact, […]
Osteopathic Health Care Holism / Systems
Stephen Tyreman 1992. Concepts for Osteopathic Health Care, Section 4. General Systems Theory. BSO course notes (extracts) Holistic thinking; the areas for consideration are not the constituent elements themselves, but their arrangements within the system and their relative significance as a clinical judgement. We are not so much concerned with objects such as the […]
Osteopathic Health Care Holism
Holism Is illness necessarily the inadequate or inappropriate expression of a relationship with our environment? Is it possible to feel ill and yet be reacting healthily to the world around us? Yes, it is. When we react against a bacterium with inflammation, when we grieve over the death of someone close, when we suffer pain […]
Osteopathic Health Care
Philosophy of Science In some way or another, whether we consciously acknowledge it or not, we are all dependent upon science, which has powerfully, irrevocably formed our world and our thinking. Science has altered our lives materially, making daily living a much less arduous task it has affected the way that we think, discuss, and […]
Osteopathic Health Care
Osteopathic Philosophy what are the particular emphases that characterize Osteopathy? Andrew Taylor Still had three basic ‘Principles’: Structure governs function The body produces its own medicines The rule of the artery is supreme These are still widely quoted, rarely explained and in general not very helpful when it comes to understanding Osteopathy. Structure and function […]